A climatological study of nocturnal equatorial F-region irregularities at the west Pacific longitudes by using phase fluctuations of the global positioning system

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1441-1449

  Chu, F D ^a,b   Chen, W S ^b   Lee, C C ^c   Liu, J Y ^b  

^a CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Equatorial plasma bubble; Ionospheric irregularity; Spread F

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; EQUATORIAL PLASMA BUBBLE; F-REGION; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITY; LONGITUDINAL EFFECT; PHASE FLUCTUATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; SPREAD F;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; PLASMAS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 68249123336     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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