The evolution of nighttime mid-latitude mesoscale F-region structures: A case study utilizing numerical solution of the Perkins instability equations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 710-718

  Zhou, Qina ^a   Mathews, John D ^a   Miller, Clark A ^b   Seker, Ilgin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow image; Banded structure; Numerical simulation; Perkins instability

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); IONOSPHERE; METHOD OF MOMENTS; POLARIZATION; WAVE EFFECTS;

AIRGLOW IMAGE; BANDED STRUCTURE; PERKINS INSTABILITY; PSEUDO-SPECTRAL METHOD;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33744979984     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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