Polar patches and the "tongue of ionization"

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 667-677

  Steele, D P ^a,b   Cogger, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ESTIMATION; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DENSITY;

DIGITAL IONOSONDE; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERIC CONVECTION VELOCITY; MAGNETOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD; OPTICAL IMAGES; POLAR PATCHES; SENSITIVE ALL SKY IMAGER; TONGUE OF IONIZATION;

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EID: 0030143601     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS00369     Document Type: Article

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