Meteor induced ridge and trough formation and the structuring of the nighttime E-region ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Oppenheim, Meers M ^a   Dimant, Yakov ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; E REGION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA DENSITY;

IONOSPHERIC PLASMA; METEOR-GENERATED PLASMA TRAILS;

GEOPHYSICS;

E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE; METEOR; PLASMA; SIMULATION; TROUGH;

EID: 34548013087     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028267     Document Type: Article

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