Comparing plasma bubble occurrence rates at CHAMP and GRACE altitudes during high and low solar activity

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1647-1658

  Xiong, C ^a,b   Park, J ^a,c   Luhr H ^a   Stolle, C ^a,d   Ma, S Y ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BUBBLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GRACE; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 77956469362     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1647-2010     Document Type: Article

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