Modeling of F-region ionospheric upflows observed by EISCAT

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1537-1540

  Caton, R ^a   Horwitz, J L ^a   Richards, P G ^a   Liu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS; RADAR SYSTEMS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; F REGION; HEAT CONVECTION; IONS; RADAR;

EUROPEAN INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR SYSTEM; IONOSPHERIC UPFLOWS;

F REGION; HEAT FLUX;

AURORA; EISCAT; FLIP; IONOSPHERE; MODELLING; RADAR OBSERVATION; SCATTER RADAR; UPFLOW;

ALTITUDE RANGE; AURORAL ELECTRONS; BULK PARAMETERS; ELECTRON HEAT FLUX; ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; HIGH LATITUDES; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; ION VELOCITY;

EID: 0030158766     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01255     Document Type: Article

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