DC electric field measurements with the Guará spread-F rocket

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1695-1698

  Jahn, J M ^a,c   LaBelle, J ^a   Pfaff, R F ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ROCKETS; ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; F REGION; PLASMA FLOW; RADAR;

AMBIENT PLASMAS; DC ELECTRIC FIELD; ROCKET MEASUREMENTS; SPREAD F; TIME VALUES; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; ZONAL DRIFT;

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; GEOPHYSICS;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA;

GUARA SPREAD F ROCKET; PLASMA DEPLETIONS;

EID: 0031176754     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01242     Document Type: Article

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