Selected Upper Atmospheric Storm Effects

Recurrent Magnetic Storms: Corotating Solar Wind Streams

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 305-318

  Prölss, Gerd W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere, Upper; Corotating interaction regions; Magnetic storms; Magnetosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND; STORMS;

COMPREHENSIVE MEASUREMENT; COROTATING INTERACTION REGIONS; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; MAGNETIC STORMS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TOP-SIDE IONOSPHERE;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84952802139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/167GM23     Document Type: Chapter

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