Auroral E-region electron density gradients measured with EISCAT

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1172-1181

  Haldoupis, C ^a   Schlegel, K ^b   Hussey, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities; plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034358330     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850000223     Document Type: Article

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