The effect of electron Coulomb collisions on the incoherent scatter spectrum in the F region at Jicamarca

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A10, 1999, Pages 22535-22551

  Sulzer, Michael P ^a   González, Sixto ^a  

^a ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 0001024455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900288     Document Type: Article

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