STARE velocities: The importance of off-orthogonality and ion motions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 729-743

  Uspensky, Mikhail ^a,d   Koustov, A ^b   Janhunen, P ^a   Pellinen, R ^a   Danskin, D ^b   Nozawa, S ^c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MURMANSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Auroral ionosphere; Ionospheric irregularities; Plasma waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038722864     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-729-2003     Document Type: Article

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