Magnetic zenith enhancement of HF radio-induced airglow production at HAARP

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Pedersen, T R ^a   McCarrick, M ^b   Gerken, E ^c   Selcher, C ^d   Sentman, D ^e   Carlson, H C ^f   Gurevich, A ^g  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MICROSEMI CORPORATION   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TRANSMITTERS;

AIRGLOW PRODUCTIONS; BEAM CENTERS; BEAM POSITIONS; GREEN RATIO; IONOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTION; RAYLEIGH; SMALL SPOTS; TRANSMITTER FREQUENCIES;

MAGNETIC PROSPECTING; MAGNETISM;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE;

PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM;

EID: 0037490940     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016096     Document Type: Article

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