Ion-neutral coupling in the high-latitude F-layer from incoherent scatter and Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1145-1153

  Cierpka, K ^a   Kosch, M J ^a   Rietveld, M ^a   Schlegel, K ^a   Hagfors, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionosphere atmosphere interactions)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034362961     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-1145-0     Document Type: Article

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