Plasma bubble zonal velocity variations with solar activity in the Brazilian region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3123-3128

  Terra, P M ^a   Sobral, J H A ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Souza, J R ^a   Takahashi, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora); Ionosphere (ionospheric irregularities; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 7244260535     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3123-2004     Document Type: Article

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