Small-scale (∼3 m) E region irregularities at and off the magnetic equator

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A9, 1998, Pages 20761-20772

  Krishna Murthy, B V ^a   Ravindran, Sudha ^a   Viswanathan, K S ^a   Subbarao, K S V ^a   Patra, A K ^b   Rao, P B ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b National MST Radar Facility   (India)

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