Parallel electron streaming in the high-latitude e region and its effect on the incoherent scatter spectrum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Bahcivan, H ^a   Cosgrove, R B ^a   Tsunoda, R T ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; STREAMING POTENTIAL;

EID: 33846407236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011595     Document Type: Article

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