Large-scale simulations of 2-D fully kinetic Farley-Buneman turbulence

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-553

  Oppenheim, M M ^a   Dimant, Y ^a   Dyrud, L P ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b Center for Remote Sensing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROJET; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; RADAR; TURBULENCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 41349099420     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-543-2008     Document Type: Article

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