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11-cm irregularities during equatorial spread F

Journal Article · · J. Geophys. Res.; (United States)
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The recent Kwajalein radar backscatter observations of 11-cm irregularities at high altitudes (approx.500 km) during equatorial spread F are explained in terms of the kinetic lower-hybrid-drift instability. The absence of radar backscatter from 11-cm irregularities at lower altitudes (approx.240 km) is attributed to the stabilizing influence of elctron-neutral collisions.
Research Organization:
Science Applications, Inc., McLean, Virginia 22102
OSTI ID:
6440105
Journal Information:
J. Geophys. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Geophys. Res.; (United States) Vol. 86:A2; ISSN JGREA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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640201* -- Atmospheric Physics-- Auroral
Ionospheric
& Magetospheric Phenomena
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COLLISIONS
DISPERSION RELATIONS
DRIFT INSTABILITY
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-ION COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
F REGION
FLUCTUATIONS
INSTABILITY
ION COLLISIONS
IONOSPHERE
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES
SPREAD F
VARIATIONS