Interferometric observations of filamentary structures associated with plasma instability in the auroral ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Grydeland, T ^a   La Hoz, C ^a   Hagfors, T ^b   Blixt, E M ^a   Saito, S ^c   Stromme A ^a,d   Brekke, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RADAR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

OPTICAL AURORA; AURORAL IONOSPHERE; FILAMENTARY STRUCTURES; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; RADAR ECHOES; SCALE SIZES; TEMPORAL AVERAGING; THERMAL LEVEL;

PLASMA STABILITY;

PLASMA;

EID: 0042190362     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016362     Document Type: Article

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