Current state-of-the-art for the measurement of non-Maxwellian plasma parameters with the EISCAT UHF Facility

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1506-1512

  Hubert, D ^a   Leblanc, F ^a   Gaimard, P ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ENSIEG   (France)

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EID: 0642355246     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-1506-4     Document Type: Article

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