On measuring the off-equatorial conductivity before and during convective ionospheric storms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Kelley, M C ^a   Wong, V K ^a   Hajj, G A ^b   Mannucci, A J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

2415 Ionosphere: Equatorial ionosphere; 2435 Ionosphere: Ionospheric disturbances; 2437 Ionosphere: Ionospheric dynamics; 2439 Ionosphere: Ionospheric irregularities; 2471 Ionosphere: Plasma waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEAT CONVECTION; PLASMA DENSITY; SATELLITES; STORMS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COSMOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

CONVECTIVE IONOSPHERE STORMS (CIS); EQUATORIAL SPREAD F (ESF);

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; STORMS;

IONOSPHERE;

CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY; CONVECTIVE IONOSPHERIC STORMS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; GPS CONSTELLATION; IONOSPHERE AND CLIMATES; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SPREAD F;

EID: 9744241987     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020423     Document Type: Article

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