First 24.5-MHz radar measurements of quasi-periodic backscatter from field-aligned irregularities in midlatitude sporadic E

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1765-1768

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a   Fukao, Shoichiro ^b   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^b   Hamasaki, Takashi ^c,d  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Natl Space Dev Agcy Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; E REGION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; PLASMA THEORY; RADAR;

FIELD ALIGNED IRREGULARITY (FAI); HALL CURRENT; PEDERSEN CURRENT; QUASI PERIODIC (QP) RADAR ECHOES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; GENERALIZED GRADIENTS; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENTS; LOW ALTITUDES; MIDLATITUDES; QUASI-PERIODIC; SOLAR TERMINATORS; SPECTRAL BROADENING;

EID: 0032097926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl01086     Document Type: Article

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