Strong evidence for gravity wave seeding of an ionospheric plasma instability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Nicolls, Michael J ^a   Kelley, Michael C ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; GRAVITATION; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA STABILITY; RADAR;

GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; GRAVITY WAVE SEEDING; IONOSPHERIC PLASMA; PLASMA CONTOURS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 20444445118     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020737     Document Type: Article

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