Response of the equatorial and low-latitude ionosphere during the space weather events of April 2002

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3211-3219

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

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric disturbances; modeling and forecasting); Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 7244256009     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3211-2004     Document Type: Article

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