Plasma density undulations in the nighttime mid-latitude F-region as observed by CHAMP, KOMPSAT-1, and DMSP F15

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 183-192

  Park, Jaeheung ^a,b   Lühr, Hermann ^a   Min, Kyoung Wook ^b   Lee, Jae Jin ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ionospheric current; Ionospheric irregularities; Mid latitude ionosphere; Topside ionosphere

Indexed keywords

FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS; IONOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONOSPHERIC CURRENT; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES; KOMPSAT-1; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR MAXIMA; TOP-SIDE IONOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; SOLAR ENERGY;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 74249115134     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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