Empirical recombination rates in the lower ionosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1937-1942

  Friedrich, M ^a   Torkar, K M ^b   Steiner, R J ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

Author keywords

D region; Effective recombination rate; Electron loss rate

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COLOR; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SECURITY OF DATA;

EFFECTIVE RECOMBINATION; ELECTRON LOSS RATE; FREE ELECTRONS; IONIZATION ELECTRON;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

EID: 9644265533     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.04.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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