Plasma density-electric field turbulence in the low-latitude ionosphere from the observation on satellites; possible connection with seismicity

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 29, Issue 4-9, 2004, Pages 569-577

  Molchanov, O A ^a   Akentieva, O S ^b   Afonin, V V ^b   Mareev, E A ^c   Fedorov, E ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FRACTALS; GRAVITY WAVES; PLASMA DENSITY;

CLASSIC KOLMOGOROV TURBULENCE; EQUATORIAL DENSITY ANOMALY (EDA);

IONOSPHERE;

EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRON DENSITY; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 2442712486     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2003.08.064     Document Type: Article

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