Multi-frequency observations of E-region HF radar aurora

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 761-777

  Milan, Steven E ^a   Lester, M ^a   Sato, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038793680     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-761-2003     Document Type: Article

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