High-latitude sporadic-E and other thin layers - The role of magnetospheric electric fields

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 579-613

  Kirkwood, Sheila ^a,b   Nilsson, Hans ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GRAVITY; ION TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; WIND;

EID: 0033830876     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005241931650     Document Type: Article

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