JULIA radar studies of electric fields in the equatorial electrojet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1687-1690

  Hysell, D L ^a   Larsen, M F ^a   Woodman, R F ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; RADAR;

EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; JULIA RADAR;

GEOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

CHEMICAL RELEASE; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; HEIGHT VARIATION; INTERFEROMETRY DATA; LARGE AMPLITUDE; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; WIND PROFILES; ZONAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA;

EID: 0031176753     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00373     Document Type: Article

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