Causal link of the wave-4 structures in plasma density and vertical plasma drift in the low-latitude ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Fang, T W ^a,b   Kil, H ^c   Millward, G ^d   Richmond, A D ^a   Liu, J Y ^b   Oh, S J ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Space Environment Laboratory Inc 5th Floor Jin Young Building ^*  (South Korea)

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EID: 72649104400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014460     Document Type: Article

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