Three-dimensional simulation of the coupled Perkins and es-layer instabilities in the nighttime midlatitude ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Yokoyama, Tatsuhiro ^a   Hysell, David L ^a   Otsuka, Yuichi ^b   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 67649099565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013789     Document Type: Article

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