SuperDARN E-region backscatter boundary in the dusk-midnight sector - tracer of equatorward boundary of the auroral oval

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1899-1904

  Jayachandran, P T ^a   Donovan, E F ^b   MacDougall, J W ^a   Moorcroft, D R ^a   St Maurice, J P ^a   Prikryl, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; Ionospheric irregularities); Particle precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; AURORA; BACKSCATTER; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0036971717     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-20-1899-2002     Document Type: Article

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