Is there a plasma density gradient role on the generation of short-scale Farley-Buneman waves?

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3323-3337

  Haldoupis, C ^a   Ogawa, T ^b   Schlegel, K ^c   Koehler, J A ^d   Ono, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities; Mid latitude ionosphere; Plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 30844464788     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-3323-2005     Document Type: Article

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