Unexpected connections between the stratosphere and ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Goncharenko, L P ^b   Chau, J L ^a   Liu, H L ^c   Coster, A J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; COUPLING PROCESS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; IONOSPHERIC PERTURBATION; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PLANETARY WAVES; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR MINIMA; STRATOSPHERIC SUDDEN WARMINGS; STRATOSPHERIC WARMINGS;

GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TIDES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; IONOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77953072184     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043125     Document Type: Article

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