The electron drift velocity, ion acoustic speed and irregularity drifts in high-latitude E-region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3395-3409

  Uspensky, M V ^a   Pellinen, R J ^a   Janhunen, P ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; DOPPLER EFFECT; E REGION; ELECTROJET; ELECTRON; NONLINEAR WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; VELOCITY; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 55349144159     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3395-2008     Document Type: Article

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