Seasonal occurrence of thin metallic ion layers at high latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2789-2792

  Bedey, D F ^a,b   Watkins, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONS; METALLIC FILMS; THIN FILMS; WIND EFFECTS;

HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; LAYER FORMATION; METALLIC IONS; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER MONTHS;

RADAR; GEOPHYSICS;

HIGH LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; NEUTRAL WIND DRIVE LAYER FORMATION; THIN METALLIC ION LAYERS;

EID: 0030269394     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02569     Document Type: Article

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