The first coordinated ground- and space-based optical observations of equatorial plasma bubbles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Kelley, Michael C ^a   Makela, Jonathan J ^b   Paxton, Larry J ^c   Kamalabadi, Farzad ^d   Comberiate, Joseph M ^d   Kil, Hyosub ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; ORBITS;

OPTICAL EMISSIONS; CHARACTERISTIC SHAPES; ELECTRON DENSITY MAPS; EQUATORIAL PLASMA BUBBLE; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; TIMED SATELLITE;

GEOPHYSICS; SHEAR FLOW;

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0141872934     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017301     Document Type: Article

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