VHF coherent radar signals from the e region ionosphere and the relationship to electron drift velocity and ion acoustic velocity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A1, 2002, Pages

  Nielsen, E ^a   Del Pozo, C F ^b   Williams, P J S ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Adran Ffiseg   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2407 ionosphere: Auroral ionosphere (2704); 2411 ionosphere: Electric fields (2712); 2471 ionosphere: Plasma waves and instabilities; 2494 ionosphere: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013288507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA900111     Document Type: Article

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