Equatorial F region zonal plasma irregularity drifts under magnetospheric disturbances

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4137-4140

  Abdu, M A ^a,b   Jayachandran, P T ^a   MacDougall, J F ^a   Cecile, J F ^a   Sobral, J H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; E REGION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HALL EFFECT; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA FLOW; POLARIZATION; RADIATION BELTS; F REGION; MAGNETOSPHERE; VELOCITY;

DIGITAL IONOSONDES; PLASMA IRREGULARITY DRIFTS;

F REGION; ELECTRIC LINES;

DIGITAL IONOSONDES; DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; PLASMA IRREGULARITIES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOUTH ATLANTIC MAGNETIC ANOMALY; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; ZONAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 0032534157     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900117     Document Type: Article

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