Solar activity and atmospheric tide effect on the polar conductivity and the vertical electric field in the stratosphere at low latitude

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1798-1800

  Gupta, S P ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tide effect; Polar conductivity; Solar activity; Vertical electric field

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE EFFECTS; POLAR CONDUCTIVITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 8344281365     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.06.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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