New insights from a nonlocal generalization of the Farley-Buneman instability problem at high latitudes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2003-2025

  Drexler, J ^a   St Maurice, J P ^a   Chen, D ^a   Moorcroft, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionospher; Ionospheric irregularities; Plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; E REGION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INSTABILITY; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0036971877     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-2003-2002     Document Type: Article

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