Height comparison of midlatitude E region field-aligned irregularities and sporadic E layer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1813-1816

  Ogawa, Tadahiko ^a   Sekito, Norihide ^a,d   Nozaki, Kenrou ^b,e   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiraiso Solar Terrestrial Res Ctr   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JRC Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSCILLATIONS; PLASMA STABILITY; RADAR ANTENNAS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RADAR;

DISCRETE QUASI PERIODIC (QP) RADAR ECHOES; FIELD ALIGNED IRREGULARITY (FAI); GRADIENT DRIFT PLASMA INSTABILITY;

E REGION;

FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; MIDLATITUDES; NEW MECHANISMS; QUASI-PERIODIC; RADAR ECHOES; SOUNDING TECHNIQUES; SPORADIC E;

EID: 0032097325     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl00864     Document Type: Article

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