Why do equatorial ionospheric bubbles stop rising?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Krall, J ^a   Huba, J D ^a   Ossakow, S L ^b   Joyce, G ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley Research Associates   (United States)

^c ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITIES; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; ION MASS; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; SINGLE-ION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TUBES; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FLUX; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ELECTRONS;

BUBBLE; ELECTRON DENSITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IONOSPHERE; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77952224252     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043128     Document Type: Article

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