Daytime ionospheric absorption features in the polar cap associated with poleward drifting F-region plasma patches

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-117

  Nishino, Masanori ^a   Nozawa, Satonori ^a   Holtet, Jan A ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERIC ABSORPTION;

EID: 0031657951     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352092     Document Type: Article

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