Mid-latitude solar eclipses and their influence on ionospheric current systems

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4449-4461

  Tomas A T ^a   Luhr H ^a   Rother, M ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents; Midlatitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOLAR ECLIPSE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 72449181330     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-4449-2009     Document Type: Article

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