Characteristics of plasma structuring in the cusp/cleft region at Svalbard

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1885-1899

  Basu, S ^a   Weber, E J ^a   Bullett, T W ^a   Keskinen, M J ^b   MacKenzie, E ^c   Doherty, P ^c   Sheehan, R ^c   Kuenzler, H ^a   Ning, P ^d   Bongiolatti, J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Keo Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SATELLITES;

AURORAL REGIONS;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032206124     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01597     Document Type: Article

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