A new midlatitude ionosphere electrodynamics coupling model (MIECO): Latitudinal dependence and propagation of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Yokoyama, Tatsuhiro ^a,b   Hysell, David L ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING MODELS; COUPLING PROCESS; LATITUDINAL RANGE; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; MEDIUM-SCALE TRAVELING IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; NEUTRAL WINDS; NEW MODEL; PERKINS; RANDOM PERTURBATIONS; TILT ANGLE;

E REGION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; F REGION; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DISTURBANCE; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PERTURBATION;

EID: 77951986224     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042598     Document Type: Article

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