Instability of the E-F coupled nighttime midlatitude ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A4, 2004, Pages

  Cosgrove, Russell B ^a   Tsunoda, Roland T ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere atmosphere interaction; Ionospheric instabilities; Ionospheric irregularities; Midlatitude ionosphere; Midlatitude spread F; Sporadic E

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844529094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010243     Document Type: Article

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