Radar observation of kinetic effects at meter scales for Farley-Buneman plasma waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Haldoupis, Christos ^a   Schlegel, Kristian ^b   Hussey, Glenn C ^c   Koehler, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Farley Buneman instability; Ionospheric plasma waves; Kinetic effects; Multifrequency E region backscatter; Type 1 phase velocities

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844456038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009193     Document Type: Article

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