First observations of quasi-periodic radar echoes from Stanford, California

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 995-998

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a   Buonocore, John J ^a   Saito, Akinori ^b   Kishimoto, Takeshi ^b   Fukao, Shoichiro ^b   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

NIGHTTIME MIDLATITUDE SPORADIC; QUASI PERIODIC RADAR ECHOES;

RADAR;

NIGHTGLOW; RADAR;

CALIFORNIA; FIELD-ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES; MIDLATITUDES; QUASI-PERIODIC; RADAR DATA; RADAR ECHOES; SPORADIC E; STANFORD;

EID: 0033117414     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900103     Document Type: Article

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