Ionospheric longitudinal variations at midlatitudes: Incoherent scatter radar observation at Millstone Hill

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1153-1160

  Zhang, Shun Rong ^a   Coster, Anthea ^a   Holt, John ^a   Foster, John ^a   Erickson, Phil ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic declination; Incoherent scatter radar; Longitudinal variation; Midlatitude ionosphere; Thermospheric zonal winds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; NEON; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND;

GEOMAGNETIC DECLINATION; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERIC ZONAL WINDS;

RADAR;

EID: 84862781057     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-012-4784-y     Document Type: Article

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