Variabilities of mesospheric tides and equatorial electrojet strength during major stratospheric warming events

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4125-4130

  Sridharan, S ^a   Sathishkumar, S ^b   Gurubaran, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 70749091377     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-4125-2009     Document Type: Article

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