A review of the effects of non-migrating atmospheric tides on the earth's low-latitude ionosphere

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 211-236

  England, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric tides; Earth's ionosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; NONMIGRATING TIDES; SOLAR THERMAL;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; TIDES;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 84863586063     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9842-4     Document Type: Article

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