Space Plasma Exploration by Active Radar (SPEAR): An overview of a future radar facility

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1248-1255

  Wright, D M ^a   Davies, J A ^a   Robinson, T R ^a   Chapman, P J ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Thomas, E C ^a   Lester, M ^a   Cowley, S W H ^a   Stocker, A J ^a   Horne, R B ^b   Honary, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (active experiments); Radio science (instruments and techniques); Space plasma physics (instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034369736     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-1248-7     Document Type: Article

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