On polarized frontal structures, type-1 and quasi-periodic echoes in midlatitude sporadic E

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2641-2644

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SHEAR FLOW; POLARIZATION; WIND;

ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDES; NEUTRAL WINDS; QUASI-PERIODIC; RADAR ECHOES; WIND SHEARS;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES; E REGION;

POLARIZED FRONTAL STRUCTURES; QUASI PERIODIC ECHOES;

EID: 0032118156     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01934     Document Type: Article

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