Experimental evidence for unstable waves in the lower E/upper D-region excited near the bisector between the electric field and the drift velocity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2137-2140

  Blix, T A ^a   Thrane, E V ^a   Kirkwood, S ^b   Dimant, Y S ^c   Sudan, R N ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D REGION; E REGION; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; IONS; KINETIC THEORY; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA PROBES; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMA WAVES; RADAR; VELOCITY;

ANDOYA ROCKET RANGE; PLASMA DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; TURBO ROCKET PAYLOAD; UNSTABLE WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0030216804     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02072     Document Type: Article

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