Observations of midlatitude ionospheric instabilities generating meter-scale waves at the magnetic equator

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Makela, J J ^a,b   Kelley, M C ^a,b   Tsunoda, R T ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 63149198846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012946     Document Type: Article

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