Relation between the occurrence rate of ESF and the equatorial vertical plasma drift velocity at sunset derived from global observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3979-3988

  Stolle, C ^a   Lur H ^a   Fejer, B G ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; MAPPING; PLASMA; SATELLITE DATA; THRESHOLD;

EID: 57349084068     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-3979-2008     Document Type: Article

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