A role of neutral motions in formation of midlatitude E-region field-aligned irregularities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 939-942

  Kagan, Ludmila M ^a   Ogawa, Tadahiko ^a   Fukao, Shoichiro ^b   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BACKSCATTERING; E REGION; RADAR; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; PLASMA THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; MID-LATITUDE E-REGIONS; NEUTRAL GAS MOTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; E REGION;

ALTITUDE RANGE; FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; GRADIENT-DRIFT INSTABILITY; IONOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; MIDLATITUDES; NEUTRAL WINDS; THERMAL INSTABILITIES; THERMAL PROCESS;

EID: 0034353249     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003720     Document Type: Article

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