Global observations of the zonal drift speed of equatorial ionospheric plasma bubbles

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3099-3107

  Immel, T J ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Mende, S B ^a   Sagawa, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere, Electric fields and currents, Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions, Ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 7244221648     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3099-2004     Document Type: Article

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