On the occurence and motion of decametre-sclae irregularities in the sub-auroral, auroral, and polar cap ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1847-1868

  Parkinson, M L ^a   Devlin, J C ^a   Ye, H Ye, ^a   Waters, C L ^b   Dyson, P L ^a   Breed, A M ^c   Morris, R J ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Unievrsity of Newcastle ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; electric fields and currents, ionosphereric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; POLAR REGION;

EID: 0141795320     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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