Low-frequency electrostatic waves in the ionospheric E-region: A comparison of rocket observations and numerical simulations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2959-2979

  Dyrud, L ^a,b   Krane, B ^c   Oppenheim, M ^d   Pecseli H L ^b,e   Schlegel, K ^f   Trulsen, J ^b,e   Wernik, A W ^b,g  

^a Center for Remote Sensing   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 37849189133     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2959-2006     Document Type: Article

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