Wavevector observations of the two-stream instability in the daytime equatorial electrojet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1671-1674

  Pfaff Jr , Robert F ^a   Marionni, Paul A ^a   Swartz, Wesley E ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; PHASE VELOCITY; WAVE POWER; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; SOUNDING ROCKETS; STABILITY; VELOCITY;

ALTITUDE REGIONS; DISPERSIONLESS; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; LINEAR THEORY; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEUTRAL WINDS; TWO STREAM INSTABILITY; WAVE COMPONENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GEOPHYSICS;

DAYTIME EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; ELECTRIC FIELD WAVEVECTORS;

EID: 0031176144     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01535     Document Type: Article

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