Upward propagating tidal effects across the E- and F-regions of the ionosphere

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-512

  Immel, Thomas J ^a   England, Scott L ^a   Zhang, Xiaoli ^b   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^b   DeMajistre, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Atmospheric tides; Equatorial ionosphere; FUV; Thermospheric dynamics; Tides and planetary waves

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; THERMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 68949122512     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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