First direct observations of the reduced striations at pump frequencies close to the electron gyroharmonics

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1235-1238

  Honary, F ^a   Robinson, T R ^b   Wright, D M ^b   Stocker, A J ^b   Rietveld, M T ^c   McCrea, I ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c EISCAT   (Norway)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (active experiments; ionospheric irregularities); Radio science (ionospheric physics)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033456367     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050848     Document Type: Article

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