Seasonal dependence of MSTIDs obtained from 630.0 nm airglow imaging at Arecibo

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Martinis, C ^a   Baumgardner, J ^a   Wroten, J ^a   Mendillo, M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW EMISSIONS; ALL-SKY; DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE; IMAGING DATA; MEDIUM-SCALE TRAVELING IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; MIDLATITUDES; PUERTO RICO; SEASONAL DEPENDENCE; SIMILAR PATTERN; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

AIRGLOW; E REGION; F REGION; IMAGING METHOD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ARECIBO; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 77953579288     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043569     Document Type: Article

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