A nonlocal theory of the gradient-drift instability in the ionospheric E-region plasma at mid-latitudes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 17 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1627-1637

  Seyler, Charles E ^a,b   Rosado Román, José M ^a   Farley, Donald T ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

E region; Non local theory; Plasma instabilities

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; DAMPING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMA WAVES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

GRADIENT-DRIFT INSTABILITY; IONIZATION LAYERS; MAGNETIC FIELD LINES; PLASMA WAVE PROPAGATION;

IONOSPHERE;

E REGION; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 7244231424     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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