Investigation of the relationship between optical auroral forms and HF radar E region backscatter

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 608-617

  Milan, S E ^a   Lester, M ^a   Sato, N ^b   Takizawa, H ^c   Villain, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (particle precipitation; plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034388892     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0608-7     Document Type: Article

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