Type-1 echoes from the mid-latitude E-Region ionosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 908-917

  Haldoupis, C ^a   Farley, D T ^b   Schlegel, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 0042701353     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-0908-2     Document Type: Article

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