Geomagnetic storm and equatorial spread-F

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3231-3239

  Becker Guedes, F ^a   Sahai, Y ^a   Fagundes, P R ^a   Lima, W L C ^b   Pillat, V G ^a   Abalde, J R ^a   Bittencourt, J A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (equatorial ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities); Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

F REGION; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 7244239315     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3231-2004     Document Type: Article

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