Features of highly structured equatorial plasma irregularities deduced from CHAMP observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1259-1269

  Xiong, C ^a,b   Luhr H ^a   Ma, S Y ^b   Stolle, C ^c   Fejer, B G ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; CHAMP; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOMETER; PLASMA; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84865761261     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-30-1259-2012     Document Type: Article

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