DP 2 electric field fluctuations in the dusk-time dip equatorial ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1511-1514

  Abdu, M A ^a,e   Sastri, J H ^b   Luhr, H ^c   Tachihara, H ^d   Kitamura, T ^d   Trivedi, N B ^a   Sobral, J H A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DOPPLER RADAR; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS;

EQUATOR; VERTICAL PLASMA DRIFTS;

F REGION;

EID: 0032070625     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01096     Document Type: Article

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