Aspects of layer electrodynamics inferred from high-resolution ISR observations of the 80-270 km ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1411-1414

  Mathews, John D ^a   Sulzer, Michael P ^b   Perillat, Phil ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; E REGION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; F REGION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; IONOSPHERE; IONS; RADAR;

HIGH RESOLUTION INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR (ISR); LAYER ELECTRODYNAMICS; VERTICAL IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONCENTRATION;

IONOSPHERE; ELECTRODYNAMICS;

ALTITUDE REGIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; ION LAYERS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; PLASMA STRUCTURE; RANGE GATES; WAVE-LIKE FEATURES;

EID: 0031162846     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01320     Document Type: Article

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