Wavelength dependence of the linear growth rate of the E s layer instability

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1311-1322

  Cosgrove, R B ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; INSTABILITY; LAYER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 34547241611     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-1311-2007     Document Type: Article

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