A wind-driven gradient drift mechanism for mid-latitude E-region ionospheric irregularities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4141-4144

  Kagan, Ludmila M ^a,c   Kelley, Michael C ^b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREE ENERGY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA STABILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; DRIFT MECHANISM; GRADIENT-DRIFT INSTABILITY; IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES; LAYER FORMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD LINE; SMALL-SCALE IRREGULARITIES; UNSTABLE REGIONS;

ELECTRIC LINES; E REGION;

GRADIENT DRIFT INSTABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0032534215     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900123     Document Type: Article

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