HF radar polar patch formation revisited: Summer and winter variations in dayside plasma structuring

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 487-499

  Milan, S E ^a   Lester, M ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Ionospheric irregularities; Plasma convection; Polar ionosphere

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 0036258941     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-487-2002     Document Type: Article

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