A statistical study of the Doppler spectral width of high-latitude ionospheric F-region echoes recorded with SuperDARN coherent HF radars

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1769-1781

  Villain, J P ^a   Andre R ^a   Pinnock, M ^b   Greenwald, R A ^c   Hanuise, C ^d  

^a LPCE CNRS   (France)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; Ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; Ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; DOPPLER EFFECT; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036871892     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1769-2002     Document Type: Article

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