Low-latitude field-aligned irregularities observed in the E region with the Piura VHF radar: First results

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 983-990

  Woodman, Ronald F ^b   Chau, Jorge L ^a,b   Aquino, Fredy ^b,c   Rodriguez, Rodolfo R ^a,d   Flores, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; STATISTICAL METHODS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GEOMAGNETISM; PLASMA THEORY; RADAR;

EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET (EEJ) ECHOES;

RADAR INTERFERENCE; E REGION;

DENSITY GRADIENTS; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; GRADIENT-DRIFT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC EQUATOR; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032624363     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900027     Document Type: Article

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