The role of the vertical E&×B drift for the formation of the longitudinal plasma density structure in the low-latitude F region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2061-2067

  Oh, S J ^a,d   Kil, H ^b   Kim, W T ^a   Paxton, L J ^b   Kim, Y H ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d SELab Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; MODELING; PLASMA; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 49049085032     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2061-2008     Document Type: Article

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