Global modeling of equatorial plasma bubbles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Huba, J D ^a   Joyce, G ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; IONOSPHERE;

EQUATORIAL PLASMA BUBBLE; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; GLOBAL MODELING; HIGH RESOLUTION; IONOSPHERE MODELS; IONOSPHERIC DENSITY PERTURBATION; NEUTRAL WINDS; PLASMA BUBBLE; SIMULATION CODE; SIMULATION MODEL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77956771981     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044281     Document Type: Article

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