Gravity wave initiation of equatorial spread F/plasma bubble irregularities based on observational data from the SpreadFEx campaign

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2607-2622

  Abdu, M A ^a   Alam Kherani, E ^a   Batista, I S ^a   De Paula, E R ^a   Fritts, D C ^b   Sobral, J H A ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Pesquisais Espaciais   (Brazil)

^b Colorado Research Associates Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities; Plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; EQUATORIAL WAVE; F REGION; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND;

BRAZIL;

EID: 72049089112     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2607-2009     Document Type: Article

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