Possible ionospheric preconditioning by shear flow leading to equatorial spread F

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2647-2655

  Hysell, Dave L ^a   Kudeki, E ^b   Chau, J L ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; ionospheric irregularities); Space plasma physics (Waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27844514190     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2647-2005     Document Type: Article

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