Seasonal variability and descent of mid-latitude sporadic E layers at Arecibo

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 923-931

  Christakis, N ^a   Haldoupis, C ^a   Zhou, Q ^b   Meek, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; Ionospheric physics; Mid latitude ionosphere; Radio science

Indexed keywords

E REGION; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 70349262313     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-923-2009     Document Type: Article

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