The influence of ozone concentration on the lower ionosphere-modelling and measurements during the 29-30 October 2003 solar proton event

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 577-589

  Osepian, A ^a   Kirkwood, S ^b   Dalin, P ^b  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure; Composition and chemistry; Ion chemistry and composition,Polar ionosphere; Ionosphere; Middle atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONIC COMPOSITION; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MESOSPHERE; OZONE; POLAR METEOROLOGY;

EID: 77949458208     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-577-2009     Document Type: Article

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