Midlatitude sporadic E. a typical paradigm of atmosphere-ionosphere coupling

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 441-461

  Haldoupis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ionosphere coupling; Atmospheric tides; Gravity waves; Planetary waves; Sporadic E layers; Windshear theory

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; COUPLING MODELS; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; MLT REGION; PLANETARY WAVES; SPORADIC E; WIND SHEARS;

ALTITUDE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GRAVITY WAVES; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; TIDES;

E REGION;

EID: 84863564501     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9786-8     Document Type: Article

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