Wave structures of the plasma density and vertical e × B drift in low-latitude F region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Kil, H ^a,e   Talaat, E R ^a,e   Oh, S J ^b   Paxton, L J ^a,e   England, S L ^c   Su, S Y ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Space Environment Laboratory ^*  (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 56749177150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013106     Document Type: Article

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