Simultaneous observation of traveling ionospheric disturbances in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1501-1508

  Valladares, C E ^a   Villalobos, J ^b   Hei, M A ^a   Sheehan, R ^a   Basu, Su ^c   MacKenzie, E ^a   Doherty, P H ^a   Rios, V H ^d  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Waves and tides); Mid latitude ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 76149127681     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1501-2009     Document Type: Article

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