Ion layer separation and equilibrium zonal winds in midlatitude sporadic E

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-464

  Earle, G D ^a   Kane, T J ^b   Pfaff, R F ^c   Bounds, S R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; E REGION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL METHODS; POSITIVE IONS;

DIFFUSIVE EFFECTS; EQUILIBRIUM ZONAL WINDS; FLUID THEORY DESCRIPTION; ION COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT; ION DRIFT EQUATIONS; ION LAYER SEPARATION; SPORADIC-E LAYER;

WIND;

EID: 0034353423     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900572     Document Type: Article

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