A model of secondary Farley-Buneman waves in the auroral electrojet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Bahcivan, H ^a,b   Hysell, D L ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 33947679347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011408     Document Type: Article

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