Semidiurnal tidal signature in sporadic E occurrence rates derived from GPS radio occultation measurements at higher midlatitudes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2555-2563

  Arras, C ^a   Jacobi, C ^b   Wickert, J ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere interactions; Ionosphere; Latitude ionosphere; Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics; Mid; Thermospheric dynamics)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; GPS; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 76149141217     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2555-2009     Document Type: Article

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