Longitudinal differences in the equatorial spread F characteristics between Vietnam and Brazil

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Hoang, Thai Lan ^a   Abdu, M A ^b   MacDougall, John ^c   Batista, Inez S ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Equatorial spread F; F layer heights; Longitudinal difference; Meridional winds; Vietnam and Brazil

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; LONGITUDINAL DIFFERENCE; MERIDIONAL WINDS; VIET NAM;

F REGION;

EID: 73649086211     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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