An explanation for type 1 radar echoes from the mid latitude E-region ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Haldoupis, C ^a,b   Schlegel, K ^a   Farley, D T ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOPLASMA; POLARIZATION; RADAR;

CONDUCTIVITY GRADIENT; MAGNETIC EQUATOR; METALLIC IONS; MIDLATITUDES; POLARIZATION FIELD; RADAR ECHOES; TWO STREAM INSTABILITY; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

E REGION;

EID: 0002435519     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03585     Document Type: Article

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