Overview and summary of the Spread F experiment (SpreadFEx)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2141-2155

  Fritts, D C ^a   Abdu, M A ^b   Batista, B R ^b   Batista, I S ^b   Batista, P P ^b   Buriti, R ^c   Clemesha, B R ^b   Dautermann, T ^d   De Paula, E R ^b   Fechine, B J ^b   Fejer, B G ^e   Gobbi, D ^b   Haase, J ^d   Kamalabadi, F ^f   Kherani, E A ^b   Laughman, B ^a   Lima, P P ^c   Liu, H L ^g   Medeiros, A ^c   Pautet, P D ^e   Riggin, D M ^a   Rodrigues, F S ^h   Sao Sabbas F ^b   Sobral, J H A ^b   Stamus, P ^a   Takahashi, H ^b   Taylor, M J ^e   Vadas, S L ^a   Vargas, F ⁱ   Wrasse, C M ^j   more..

^a CoRA Division ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁱ Intelekto Consultancy   (Brazil)

^j INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionosphere atmosphere interactions); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Thermospheric dynamics; Waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; ELECTRON DENSITY; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 75149138070     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2141-2009     Document Type: Article

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