Observations of electric fields associated with internal gravity waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Varney, Roger H ^a   Kelley, Michael C ^a   Kudeki, Erhan ^b  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 66149188268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013733     Document Type: Article

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