Naturally enhanced ion-acoustic lines at high altitudes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3351-3364

  Ogawa, Y ^a,d   Buchert, S C ^b   Fujii, R ^a   Nozawa, S ^a   Forme, F ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ALTITUDE; HEAT FLUX; IONIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 33845934626     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-3351-2006     Document Type: Article

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