Subauroral electron temperature enhancement in the nighttime ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1871-1885

  Prolss G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; ELECTRON; HEAT TRANSFER; IONOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33751084583     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1871-2006     Document Type: Article

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