C/NOFS observations of plasma density and electric field irregularities at post-midnight local times

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Burke, W J ^a   De La Beaujardiere O ^a   Gentile, L C ^a   Hunton, D E ^a   Pfaff, R F ^b   Roddy, P A ^a   Su, Y J ^a   Wilson, G R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; SOLAR WIND; STEEL POWDER METALLURGY;

AURORAL ELECTROJETS; EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; EQUATORIAL PLASMA BUBBLE; FLUX TUBES; GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LEADING EDGE; OVERSHIELDING; RAPID TRANSITIONS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EARTH ROTATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 72049125079     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038879     Document Type: Article

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