Use of the Auroral Boundary Index for potential forecasting of ionospheric scintillation

Radio Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Griffin, James M ^a   Connor, Thomas C ^a   Snell, Hilary E ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC ENERGY; ENERGY FLUXES; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; RAPID CHANGES;

IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84861357384     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011RS004954     Document Type: Review

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