Lunar-dependent equatorial ionospheric electrodynamic effects during sudden stratospheric warmings

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Fejer, B G ^b   Olson, M E ^b   Chau, J L ^a   Stolle, C ^d   Lhr H ^d   Goncharenko, L P ^c   Yumoto, K ^f   Nagatsuma, T ^e  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77953557134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015273     Document Type: Article

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