CUPRI observations of the east-west power asymmetry in oblique type-I echoes from the equatorial electrojet above Alcântara, Brazil

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1679-1682

  Swartz, Wesley E ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTERFEROMETERS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS;

CORNELL UNIVERSITY; ECHO STRENGTH; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PORTABLE RADARS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GEOPHYSICS;

BRAZIL; CORNELL UNIVERSITY PORTABLE RADAR INTERFEROMETER; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET;

EID: 0031176477     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00502     Document Type: Article

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