Three-dimensional equatorial spread F modeling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Huba, J D ^a   Joyce, G ^b   Krall, J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMAS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

ELECTRODYNAMIC PROBLEMS; FIELD LINES; GROWTH TIMES; ION DENSITIES; IONOSPHERE MODELS; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES; PLASMA VELOCITIES; POTENTIAL EQUATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODYNAMICS; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; POTENTIAL FIELD; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 56749131291     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033509     Document Type: Article

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