Low-latitude quasiperiodic echoes observed with the Piura VHF radar in the E region J

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2167-2170

  Chau, Orge L ^a   Woodman, Ronald F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; DOPPLER EFFECT; RADAR REFLECTION;

DOPPLER VELOCITY; FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; LOW LATITUDES; MAGNETIC EQUATOR; MIDLATITUDES; QUASI-PERIODIC; VHF RADAR; RADAR ECHOES;

E REGION;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0032721067     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900488     Document Type: Article

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