First observations of type-1 sporadic E irregularities in the equatorial anomaly region using the Chung-Li VHF radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3779-3782

  Huang, Chien Ming ^a   Chu, Yen Hsyang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; DOPPLER EFFECT; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; E REGION; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES;

DOPPLER VELOCITY; ION-ACOUSTIC WAVES; AVERAGE SPEED; EQUATORIAL ANOMALY; INTERFEROMETRY TECHNIQUE; MIDLATITUDES; POWER-SPECTRA; TIME VARIATIONS; ZONAL DRIFT;

E REGION; RADAR;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0032532919     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900024     Document Type: Article

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