Currents and turbulence in and near mid-latitude sporadic E-layers caused by strong acoustic impulses

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 767-773

  Liperovsky, V A ^a   Meister, C V ^b   Schlegel, K ^c   Haldoupis, C ^d   Yeoman, T K ^e  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e NONE

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EID: 0642342654     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050494     Document Type: Article

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