Equatorial electrodynamics and neutral background in the Asian sector during the 2009 stratospheric sudden warming

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Huixin ^a   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^b   Tulasi Ram, S ^b   Tsugawa, Takuya ^c   Otsuka, Yuichi ^d   Stolle, Claudia ^e   Doornbos, Eelco ^f   Yumoto, Kiyohumi ^a   Nagatsuma, Tsutomu ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80052054369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016607     Document Type: Article

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