Ion and neutral temperature distributions in the E-region observed by the EISCAT Tromsø and Svalbard radars

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1415-1427

  Maeda, S ^a   Nozawa, S ^a   Sugino, M ^a   Fujiwara, H ^a   Suzuki, M ^a  

^a KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; ionosphere atmosphere interactions; polar ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; E REGION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ION; IONOSPHERE; RADAR;

NORWAY; TROMSO;

EID: 0036710612     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1415-2002     Document Type: Article

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