A transmission line analogy for the development of equatorial ionospheric bubbles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A11, 2000, Pages 24941-24950

  Bhattacharyya, Archana ^a,b   Burke, William J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

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EID: 39449105997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja000458     Document Type: Article

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