Radar measurements of the electromagnetic energy rates associated with the dynamic ionospheric load/generator

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-472

  Thayer, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; E REGION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; RADAR; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMICS;

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; ENERGY CHARACTERISTICS; ENERGY RATES; ENERGY-TRANSFER RATE; HIGH LATITUDES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR MEASUREMENTS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

IONOSPHERIC GENERATOR; IONOSPHERIC LOAD;

EID: 0031998695     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03660     Document Type: Article

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