Incoherent scatter radar observations of horizontal F region plasma structure over Sondrestrom, Greenland, during polar cap patch events

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1847-1866

  Pedersen, T R ^a,c   Fejer, B G ^a   Doe, R A ^b   Weber, E J ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

POLAR CUPS;

F REGION;

EID: 0032206123     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01702     Document Type: Article

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