Azimuth-dependent Es layer instability: A missing link found

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A12, 2004, Pages

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a,b   Cosgrove, Russell B ^a   Ogawa, Tadahiko ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric field; Instability; Midlatitude ionosphere; Sporadic E

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844593995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010597     Document Type: Article

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