Relationship of theoretical patch climatology to polar cap patch observations

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 635-644

  Bowline, M D ^a   Sojka, J J ^a   Schunk, R W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; CAMERAS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONVECTION ELECTRIC FIELD PATTERN; F REGION ELECTRON DENSITIES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD; POLAR CAP PATCH; THEORETICAL PATCH CLIMATOLOGY; TIME DEPENDENT IONOSPHERIC MODEL; TONGUE OF IONIZATION;

F REGION;

EID: 0030149890     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS00236     Document Type: Article

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