East-west asymmetry in type-2 echoes and enhanced electron drift in the equatorial electrojet

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a   Ecklund, Warner L ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; DOPPLER VELOCITY; ELECTRON DRIFT VELOCITY; EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET; LINE-OF-SIGHT COMPONENTS; PEAK CURRENT DENSITY; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0037092379     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014582     Document Type: Article

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