Ionospheric variability unrelated to solar and geomagnetic activity

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1926-1933

  Pulinets, S A ^a   Liu, J Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anomolous atmospheric electric field; Ionospheric variability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IONOSPHERE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLLUTION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ANOMOLOUS ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY; IONOSPHERE VARIABILITY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 9644275645     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.06.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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