The impact of gravity waves rising from convection in the lower atmosphere on the generation and nonlinear evolution of equatorial bubble

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1657-1668

  Kherani, E Alam ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   De Paula, E R D ^a   Fritts, D C ^b   Sobral, J H A ^a   De Meneses Jr , F C ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Pesquisais Espaciais   (Brazil)

^b Colorado Research Associates Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere ionospheric irregularities; Plasma waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

F REGION; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; THERMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 72049116110     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1657-2009     Document Type: Article

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