Equatorial bubbles observed at the north and south anomaly crests: Dependence on season, local time, and dip latitude

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1559-1566

  Whalen, J A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; RADIO; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PLASMAS; SCINTILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

APPLETON; CONTINUOUS OBSERVATION; DIP EQUATOR; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; LOCAL TIME; RF PROPAGATION; SOLAR MAXIMA; SPREAD F;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; F REGION;

APPLETON ANOMALY CREST; DIP LATITUDE; EQUATORIAL BUBBLES; LOCAL TIME; RANGE SPREAD F; SEASON;

EID: 0031187183     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00285     Document Type: Article

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