C/NOFS and radar observations during a convective ionospheric storm event over South America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Kelley, M C ^a   Rodrigues, F S ^b   Makela, J J ^c   Tsunoda, R ^d   Roddy, P A ^e   Hunton, D E ^e   Retterer, J M ^e   De La Beaujardiere, O ^e   De Paula, E R ^f   Ilma, R R ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADAR; STORMS;

CHRISTMAS; CONVECTIVE IONOSPHERIC STORMS; CONVECTIVE PLUME; EASTERN PACIFIC; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PLASMA IRREGULARITIES; PREREVERSAL ENHANCEMENT; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

AIRGLOW; CLOUD SEEDING; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM; THUNDERSTORM;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 72149132819     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039378     Document Type: Article

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