Plasma wave heating during extreme electric fields in the high-latitude E region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Bahcivan, Hasan ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMA HEATING; RADAR;

RADAR BACKSCATTER; SONDRESTROM;

E REGION;

CONVECTION; E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLASMA;

EID: 34948831580     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029236     Document Type: Article

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