On the radiophysics and geophysics of ionogram spread F

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-366

  Wright, J W ^a,d   Argo, P E ^b   Pitteway, M L V ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Los Alamos National Laboratory ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; PLASMA DENSITY; RADIOSONDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ROCKETS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; F REGION; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIO SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION;

DIGITAL IONOSONDES; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; RADIO BANDWIDTH; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTERING THEORY; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TOTAL REFLECTION;

GRAPHIC METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

AURORAL LATITUDE; CHAOTIC ECHO PATTERNS; DIGITAL IONOSONDE; EQUATORIAL LATITUDES; RADIO BANDWIDTH; SPREAD F IONOGRAMS; TOTAL REFLECTION INTERPRETATION;

EID: 0030105585     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95RS03104     Document Type: Article

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