Storm-time total electron content and its response to penetration electric fields over South America

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1765-1778

  De Siqueira, P M ^a   De Paula, E R ^a   Muella, M T A H ^b   Rezende, L F C ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Gonzalez, W D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents; Ionospheric disturbances)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON DENSITY; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; GPS; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; PLASMA;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 80155168882     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1765-2011     Document Type: Article

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