Radar observations of updrafting and downdrafting plasma depletions associated with the equatorial spread F

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1215-1227

  Rao, P B ^a   Patra, A K ^a   Chandrasekhar Sarma, T V ^a   Krishna Murthy, B V ^b   Subba Rao, K S V ^b   Hari, S S ^b  

^a National MST Radar Facility   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; F REGION; MAGNETIC FLUX; RADAR; TISSUE; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMAS; VELOCITY;

EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; MAGNETIC LATITUDE; PEAK SIGNAL INTENSITIES; PLASMA STRUCTURE; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SYSTEM SENSITIVITY; UPWARD VELOCITIES;

VELOCITY; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EQUATORIAL SPREAD F (ESF); PLASMA STRUCTURES;

EID: 0031130472     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00094     Document Type: Article

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