Gradient drift instability growth rates from global-scale modeling of the polar ionosphere

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1915-1928

  Sojka, J J ^a   Subramanium, M V ^a   Zhu, L ^a   Schunk, R W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; F REGION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA STABILITY;

INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0032204622     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS02490     Document Type: Article

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