Drift-parallax determination of the altitude of traveling ionospheric disturbances observed with the Los Alamos radio-beacon interferometer

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1807-1825

  Kirkland, Matt W ^a   Jacobson, Abram R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

TRAVELLING IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032204852     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS02033     Document Type: Article

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