Incoherent scatter radar, ionosonde, and satellite measurements of equatorial F region vertical plasma drifts in the evening sector

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1733-1736

  Fejer, Bela G ^a   De Paula, Eurico R ^a,b   Scherliess, Ludger ^a   Batista, Inez S ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; F REGION; RADAR; RADIOSONDES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE-BASED RADAR; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; PLASMAS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VELOCITY;

DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; GEOPHYSICAL CONDITIONS; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; VELOCITY ENHANCEMENT; ZONAL PLASMA DRIFTS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; F REGION;

EQUINOX; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR MEASUREMENT; IONOSONDE MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DRIFTS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0030193440     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01847     Document Type: Article

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