Planetary and gravity wave signatures in the F-region ionosphere with impact on radio propagation predictions and variability

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 1109-1119

  Altadill, David ^a   Apostolov, Emil M ^b   Boška, Josef ^c   Laštovička, Jan ^c   Šauli, Petra ^c  

^a CSIC URL Observatorio de Fisica Cosmica del Ebro OE   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; F REGION; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE;

EID: 8844259618     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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