Equatorial spread F fossil plumes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2059-2069

  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

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Ionosphereatmosphere interactions; Ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; PLUME; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 78249240087     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-2059-2010     Document Type: Article

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