Comparison of E-region electric fields observed with a sounding rocket and a Doppler radar in the SEEK campaign

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1773-1776

  Yamamoto, Mamoru ^a   Itsuki, Tetsuya ^a,d   Kishimoto, Takeshi ^a   Tsunoda, Roland T ^b   Pfaff, Robert F ^c,e   Fukao, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; E REGION; FREQUENCY AGILITY; POLARIZATION; SENSORS; SOUNDING ROCKETS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; ROCKETS;

FIELD ALIGNED IRREGULARITY (FAI); FREQUENCY AGILE RADARS (FAR);

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; E REGION;

DOPPLER VELOCITY; DOUBLE PROBE; GRADIENT-DRIFT INSTABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; POSITIVE VALUE; QUASI-PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032096968     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01055     Document Type: Article

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