Nonlinear wave structures in collisional plasma of auroral E-region ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 890-898

  Volosevich, A V ^a   Galperin, Yu I ^b  

^a Mogilev State University   (Belarus)

^b Space Research Institute of RAN ^*  (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0347984155     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0890-8     Document Type: Article

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