ELF wave generation in the ionosphere using pulse modulated HF heating: Initial tests of a technique for increasing ELF wave generation efficiency

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 759-769

  Barr, R ^a   Stubbe, P ^b   Rietveld, M T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c EISCAT   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics (antennae); Ionosphere (active experiments); Radio science (non linear phenomena)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033463935     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0759-0     Document Type: Article

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