STARE velocities: 2. Evening westward electron flow

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1077-1091

  Uspensky, M ^a   Koustov, A ^b   Janhunen, P ^a   Nielsen, E ^c   Kauristie, K ^a   Amm, O ^a   Pellinen, R ^a   Opgenoorth, H ^d   Pirjola, R ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric irregularities, plasma waves and instabilities, auroral ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 2442437968     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1077-2004     Document Type: Article

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