Possible evidence of gravity wave coupling into the mid-latitude F region ionosphere during the SEEK campaign

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1801-1804

  Taylor, M J ^a   Jahn, J M ^b   Fukao, S ^c   Saito, A ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; E REGION; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

IONOSONDE DATA; MEDIUM-SCALE; MIDLATITUDES; NIGHTGLOW EMISSION; NOVEL CONCEPT; PERKINS INSTABILITY; WAVE COUPLING; WAVE STRUCTURES;

GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVES COUPLING; PERKINS INSTABILITY; THERMOSPHERIC NIGHTGLOW EMISSION;

EID: 0032095925     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03448     Document Type: Article

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