Spectral properties of low-frequency electrostatic waves in the ionospheric E region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A5, 2000, Pages 10585-10601

  Krane, B ^a   Pecseli H L ^a   Trulsen, J ^a   Primdahl, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 39449104158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900503     Document Type: Article

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