Ionospheric shear flow situations observed by the MIRACLE network, and the concept of Harang discontinuity

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 118, Issue , 2000, Pages 227-236

  Amm, O ^a   Janhunen, P ^a   Opgenoorth, H J ^a,b   Pulkkinen, T I ^a   Viljanen, A ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 12444261987     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM118p0227     Document Type: Chapter

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