On seeding equatorial spread F during solstices

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE ZONES; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; F-LAYER; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD LINES; MAGNETIC DIP; RATE ENHANCEMENT; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; SEASONAL MIGRATION; SOLAR TERMINATORS;

F REGION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GROWTH RATE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 77949298186     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042576     Document Type: Article

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