Multi-frequency HF radar measurements of artificial F-region field-aligned irregularities

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3503-3511

  Senior, A ^a   Borisov, N D ^b   Kosch, M J ^a   Yeoman, T K ^c   Honary, F ^a   Rietveld, M T ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (active experiments; ionospheric irregularities; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

F REGION; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 10844240526     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3503-2004     Document Type: Article

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