A study of the strong linear relationship between the equatorial ionization anomaly and the prereversal E × B drift velocity at solar minimum

Radio Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  McDonald, Sarah E ^a   Coker, Clayton ^a   Dymond, Kenneth F ^a   Anderson, David N ^b,c   Araujo Pradere, Eduardo A ^b,c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY , IONOSPHERE , AND CLIMATES; DRIFT VELOCITIES; EQUATORIAL IONIZATION ANOMALY; FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MODEL SIMULATION; NIGHT-TIME IONOSPHERE; PREREVERSAL ENHANCEMENT; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR MAXIMA; SOLAR MINIMA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 81755171970     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011RS004702     Document Type: Article

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