Riometer and HF radar signatures of polar patches

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 501-508

  Rodger, A S ^a   Rosenberg, T J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F REGION; POLES; RADAR;

BROAD BEAMS; DIGITAL IONOSONDES; ELECTRON CONCENTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PLASMA CONVECTION; SOUTH POLE; TRAILING EDGES;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0009269624     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998RS900005     Document Type: Article

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