On the coupling of layer instabilities in the nighttime midlatitude ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 33947542376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011630     Document Type: Article

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