Seasonal-longitudinal variability of equatorial plasma bubbles

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3089-3098

  Burke, W J ^a   Huang, C Y ^b   Gentile, L C ^b   Bauer, L ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (electric fields and currents; equatorial ionosphere; plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SOLAR CYCLE;

EID: 7244247260     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3089-2004     Document Type: Article

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