Electrodynamics of meteor trail evolution in the equatorial E-region ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3173-3176

  Oppenheim, M M ^a   Vom Endt, A F ^a   Dyrud, L P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GEOMAGNETISM; IONIZATION; KINETIC THEORY; METEORITES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PLASMAS; VELOCITY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

GEOMAGNETIC EQUATOR; METEOR TRAIL EVOLUTION; PLASMA DENSITY WAVES; PLASMA DYNAMICS;

E REGION;

DRIFT VELOCITIES; GEOMAGNETIC EQUATOR; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; KINETIC SIMULATION; METEOR RADARS; METEOR TRAILS; PLASMA DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033625931     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL000013     Document Type: Article

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