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Zimmerman 1976
Zimmerman, S.P. (1976). Turbulence observed in electron density fluctuations in the equatorial E region over Thumba, India—A reanalysis. Journal of Geophysical Research 81: doi: 10.1029/JA081i028p05201. issn: 0148-0227.

Recent rocket experimental data resulted in the determination of small-scale fluctuations in the nighttime electron density measurement. These data were measured by a Langmuir probe and a plasma noise probe in the altitude region 86--124 km over Thumba, India. Analysis of these data shows strong evidence that the observed fluctuations are mainly due to neutral turbulence in the altitude region of 86--115 km. However, from 115 to 124 km there is observed a spectrum that is not easily identified as neutral turbulence and conceivably could be representative of plasma turbulence.

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