The height of the maximum ionospheric electron density over the MU radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1367-1383

  Zhang, Shun Rong ^a,b   Fukao, Shoichiro ^a   Oliver, William L ^c   Otsuka, Yuichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0004883855     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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