Spatial relationship of equatorial plasma bubbles and field-aligned irregularities observed with an all-sky airglow imager and the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Otsuka, Y ^a   Shiokawa, K ^a   Ogawa, T ^a   Yokoyama, T ^b   Yamamoto, M ^b   Fukao, S ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

0310 Atmospheric composition and structure: Airglow and aurora; 2415 Ionosphere: Equatorial ionosphere; 2435 Ionosphere: Ionospheric disturbances; 2439 Ionosphere: Ionospheric irregularities

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADAR;

AIRGLOW DEPLETIONS; EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERE RADARS (EAR); FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES (FAI); PLASMA BUBBLES;

PLASMA THEORY;

AIRGLOW; BACKSCATTER; IONOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 11844291282     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020869     Document Type: Article

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