Novel Fabry-Perot interferometer measurements of F-region ion temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Cierpka, K ^a   Kosch, M J ^b,c   Holma, H ^d   Kavanagh, A J ^b   Hagfors, T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; F REGION; INTERFEROMETERS; IONS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ION TEMPERATURES; AIRGLOW EMISSIONS; AURORAL EMISSION; DUAL WAVELENGTH; HIGH LATITUDES; INTERFEROMETER MEASUREMENT; ION TEMPERATURE; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT;

GEOPHYSICS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0043192808     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015833     Document Type: Article

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