Satellite studies of mid- And low-latitude ionospheric disturbance zonal plasma drifts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1503-1506

  Scherliess, Ludger ^a   Fejer, Bela G ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; F REGION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS;

AURORAL ELECTROJET INDICES; ZONAL PLASMA DRIFTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0032075051     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01032     Document Type: Article

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