Radio tomography: A new experimental technique

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-38

  Pryse, S E ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auroral blobs; Dayside high latitude trough; Equatorial anomaly; Field aligned currents; Ionised atmosphere; Ionospheric cusp; Magnetospheric footprints; Mid latitude trough; Polar hole; Polar patches; Radio tomography; Travelling ionospheric disturbances

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; MAPPING; TOMOGRAPHY;

RADIO TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOPHYSICS;

AURORA; ELECTRON; IMAGING METHOD; IONOSPHERE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037218914     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022272607747     Document Type: Article

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