Coupling of the Perkins instability and the sporadic e layer instability derived from physical arguments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A6, 2004, Pages

  Cosgrove, Russell B ^a   Tsunoda, Roland T ^a   Fukao, Shoichiro ^b   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere atmosphere interaction; Ionospheric instabilities; Ionospheric irregularities; Midlatitude ionosphere; Sporadic e, midlatitude spread f

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844476568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010295     Document Type: Article

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