Planetary wave oscillations in mesospheric winds, equatorial evening prereversal electric field and spread F

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Abdu, M A ^a   Batista, P P ^a   Batista, I S ^a   Brum, C G M ^a   Carrasco, A J ^a   Reinisch, Bodo W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONS; OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA WAVES; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WIND;

MESOSPHERIC WIND; PLANETRAY WAVE OSCILLATION; PREVERSAL ELECTRIC FIELD; VERTICAL PLASMA DRIFT;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD; F REGION; MESOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646840881     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024837     Document Type: Article

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