The early phase of spread F development studied in situ with impedance and Langmuir probes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A7, 2001, Pages 12765-12779

  Steigies, Christian T ^a   Block, Dietmar ^a   Hirt, Markus ^a   Piel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 33749322253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja900146     Document Type: Article

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