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A Review of Electrostatic Waves in the Topside Ionosphere

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High-Latitude Space Plasma Physics

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The observations of electrostatic waves in the topside ionosphere are reviewed with emphasis on those modes in which ions participate.

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Kintner, P.M. (1983). A Review of Electrostatic Waves in the Topside Ionosphere. In: Hultqvist, B., Hagfors, T. (eds) High-Latitude Space Plasma Physics. Nobel Foundation Symposia Published by Plenum, vol 54. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3652-5_21

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