Midnight reversal of ionospheric plasma bubble eastward velocity to westward velocity during geomagnetically quiettime: Climatology and its model validation

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1520-1528

  Sobral, José H A ^a   De Castilho, Vivian M ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Takahashi, Hisao ^a   Paulino, I ^a   Gasparelo, Ulisses A C ^a   Arruda, Daniela C S ^a   Mascarenhas, Matheus ^a   Zamlutti, C J ^a   Denardini, C M ^a   Koga, Daiki ^a   De Medeiros, A F ^b   Buriti, R A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airglow; Ionosphere; Modeling; Plasma bubbles

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; IONOSPHERIC PLASMAS; MODEL VALIDATION; PEAK VALUES; PLASMA BUBBLE; PLASMA BUBBLES; SOLAR CYCLE; THERMOSPHERIC WINDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ENERGY; VELOCITY;

PLASMAS;

EID: 79959739089     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.11.031     Document Type: Article

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