50 MHZ continuous wave interferometer observations of the unstable mid-latitude E-region ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1589-1600

  Haldoupis, C ^a   Bourdillon, A ^b   Kamburelis, A ^a   Hussey, G C ^c   Koehler, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionospheric irregularities; mid latitude ionosphere; plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; INTERFEROMETER; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0042353845     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1589-2003     Document Type: Article

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