Relevance of plasma and neutral wind velocities to the topology and the excitation of modes for the onset of the equatorial spread F

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A1, 1999, Pages 225-231

  Basu, Bamandas ^a   Coppi, Bruno ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 6044269599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998ja900069     Document Type: Article

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