Heater-induced altitude descent of the EISCAT UHF ion line enhancements: Observations and modelling

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2645-2652

  Ashrafi, M ^a   Kosch, M J ^a,b   Honary, F ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electron acceleration; Ionospheric heating; Wave plasma interactions

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RADAR; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARTIFICIAL OPTICAL ANNULI; ELECTRON GYROHORMONIC FREQUENCY; O-MODE TRANSMISSIONS; WAVE-PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 33751008030     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.06.079     Document Type: Article

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