Large enhancements in low latitude total electron content during 15 May 2005 geomagnetic storm in Indian zone

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1803-1820

  Dashora, N ^a   S Sharma, ^b   R S Dabas, ^c   S Alex, ^d   R Pandey, ^b  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (Solar wind magnetosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; GPS; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR WIND;

EID: 77950620762     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1803-2009     Document Type: Article

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