On the relationship between the velocity of E-region HF echoes and E x B plasma drift

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 371-378

  Koustov, A V ^a   Danskin, D W ^b   Makarevitch, R A ^c   Gorin, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities; Plasma waves and instabilities; Auroral ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROJET; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 16244422339     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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