Temporal behaviour of artificial small-scale ionospheric irregularities: Review of experimental results

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2317-2333

  Frolov, V L ^a   Erukhimov, L M ^a   Metelev, S A ^a   Sergeev, E N ^a  

^a LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001583483     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00126-5     Document Type: Review

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