Radar evidence for a new low-frequency crossed-field plasma instability in the polar mesopause region: A case study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1215-1218

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a   Olesen, Jens K ^b   Stauning, Peter ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D REGION; DOPPLER EFFECT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MAGNETOMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PLASMA STABILITY; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER SPECTRA; FIELD ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; POLAR MESOPAUSE REGION; RADAR BACKSCATTER; SONDRESTROM INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BACKSCATTER; IONOSPHERE; LARGE SCALE; MESOPAUSE; PLASMA INSTABILITY;

EID: 0031136218     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01059     Document Type: Article

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