First passive radar observations of auroral E-region irregularities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2155-2158

  Lind, Frank D ^a,b   Sahr, John D ^a   Gidner, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO BROADCASTING;

ALIASING PROBLEMS; DOPPLER VELOCITY; ION ACOUSTIC TURBULENCES; MANASTASH RIDGE RADARS; PASSIVE RADARS; RADIO SCIENCE; TIME RESOLUTION; VELOCITY RESOLUTION;

RADAR;

EID: 0032716750     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900457     Document Type: Article

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