Comparison of DMSP cross-track ion drifts and SuperDARN line-of-sight velocities

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2479-2486

  Drayton, R A ^a   Koustov, A V ^b   Hairston, M R ^b   Villain, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities; Plasma convection; Auroral ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27844439886     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2479-2005     Document Type: Article

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