Simultaneous measurements of O+ and H+ temperatures in the topside ionosphere over Arecibo

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3235-3238

  Sulzer, Michael P ^a,b   Gonzalez, Sixto A ^a,b  

^a ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^b Arecibo Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; IONS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OXYGEN; PROTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS; IONOSPHERE; RADAR;

INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; SPECTRAL DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

GOODNESS OF FIT; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; ION COMPOSITION; MEASUREMENTS OF; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TOP-SIDE IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0030290824     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02926     Document Type: Article

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