Plasma instabilities and their simulations in the equatorial F region - Recent results

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 251-262

  Sekar, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Plasma bubble; Plasma irregularities

Indexed keywords

ION;

ATMOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NIGHT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; RESEARCH; SIMULATION;

EID: 0142059558     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025592226703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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