Instantaneous electric field measurements and derived neutral winds at Arecibo

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Aponte, Néstor ^a   Nicolls, Michael J ^a,b   González, Sixto A ^a   Sulzer, M P ^a   Kelley, Michael C ^b   Robles, Eva ^a   Tepley, Craig A ^a  

^a National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; F REGION; GRAVITY WAVES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

DUAL-BEAM SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVE DRIVEN PLASMA PROCESS; INVERSION TECHNIQUE; MAGNETIC MERIDIAN PLANE; NEUTRAL WIND;

GEOPHYSICS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 25844480796     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022609     Document Type: Article

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