C/NOFS observations of intermediate and transitional scale-size equatorial spread F irregularities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Rodrigues, F S ^a   Kelley, M C ^b   Roddy, P A ^c   Hunton, D E ^c   Pfaff, R F ^d   De La Beaujardiere O ^c   Bust Atmospheric, G S ^a  

^a ASTRA   (United States)

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

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

DENSITY POWER; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; FORECASTING SYSTEM; LONG LASTING; LOW ALTITUDES; PLANAR LANGMUIR PROBES; PLASMA REGIMES; SAMPLING RATES; SCALE SIZES; SOLAR MINIMA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBRANGE;

ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING;

F REGION; PLASMA; PROBE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 72149108131     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038905     Document Type: Article

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