DC polarization electric field, current density, and plasma density measurements in the daytime equatorial electrojet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1667-1670

  Pfaff Jr , Robert F ^a   Acuña, Mario H ^a   Marionni, Paul A ^a   Trivedi, Nalin B ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; CALCULATIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODYNAMICS; SOUNDING ROCKETS;

ALTITUDE PROFILES; CONDUCTING LAYERS; DC ELECTRIC FIELD; DC POLARIZATION; ELECTRON MOTION; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; MEASUREMENTS OF; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

CURRENT DENSITY; GEOPHYSICS;

DAYTIME EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; PLASMA NUMBER DENSITY;

EID: 0031176120     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01536     Document Type: Article

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