Imaging coherent backscatter radar observations of topside equatorial spread F

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2309-2320

  Hysell, D L ^a   Woodman, R F ^b,c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; BACKSCATTERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHODS; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; F REGION;

EQUATORIAL SPREAD F; FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING; INTERFEROMETRY DATA; JICAMARCA RADIO OBSERVATORY; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SCATTERING REGIONS;

RADAR IMAGING;

DOPPLER VELOCITIES; MAXIMUM ENTROPY METHOD; TOPSIDE EQUATORIAL SPREAD F;

EID: 0031268862     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS01802     Document Type: Article

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