Production of electric field perturbations by gravity wave winds in the e region suitable for initiating equatorial spread F

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A5, 1999, Pages 10051-10069

  Prakash, Satya ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 0010819523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900028     Document Type: Article

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