Theory of magnetized Rossby waves in the ionospheric E layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A5, 2004, Pages

  Kaladze, T D ^a   Aburjania, G D ^a   Kharshiladze, O A ^a   Horton, W ^b   Kim, Y H ^b  

^a TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Magnetized Rossby wave; Nonlinear wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749091592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010049     Document Type: Article

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