Frequency domain interferometry mode observations of PMSE using the EISCAT VHF radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1599-1612

  Chilson, P B ^a,b   Kirkwood, S ^a   Haggstrom I ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (polar ionosphere); Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics); Radio Science (interferometry)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035589967     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850000309     Document Type: Article

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