Plasma density enhancement and generation of spatially periodic irregularities in the ionospheric E-region by Powerful HF waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 991-994

  Kuo, S P ^a   Koretzky, E ^a,c   Lee, M C ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; FREQUENCIES; GEOMAGNETISM; INFRARED RADIATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PLASMA DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ELECTRONS; WAVE POWER;

ELECTRON COLLISION; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; POWERFUL HIGH FREQUENCY WAVES;

ELECTRONS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

PLASMA;

DENSITY ENHANCEMENT; DENSITY IRREGULARITIES; ELECTRON COLLISION; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERIC HEATING; RECOMBINATION RATE; THERMAL INSTABILITIES;

EID: 0033117614     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900115     Document Type: Article

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