An investigation of ionospheric disturbances over South Africa during the magnetic storm on 15 May 2005

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 327-335

  Ngwira, Chigomezyo M ^a,b   McKinnell, Lee Anne ^a,b   Cilliers, Pierre J ^b   Yizengaw, Endawoke ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY   (South Africa)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorward neutral winds; Ionosphere; Ionospheric disturbances; Total electron content; Travelling ionospheric disturbances

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; F REGION; GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

CRITICAL FREQUENCIES; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; NEUTRAL WINDS; RESPONSE FEATURES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; TRAVELLING IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84855550620     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.09.035     Document Type: Article

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