Ionospheric symmetry caused by geomagnetic declination over North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 5350-5354

  Zhang, Shun Rong ^a   Chen, Ziwei ^a,b   Coster, Anthea J ^a   Erickson, Philip J ^a   Foster, John C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (China)

Author keywords

geomagnetic field; midlatitude ionosphere; thermospheric winds; total electron content

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION DECOMPOSITIONS; GEOMAGNETIC DECLINATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERIC WINDS; THERMOSPHERIC ZONAL WINDS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DATA SET; ELECTRON; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GPS; IONOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84886033513     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057933     Document Type: Article

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