Observation of coherent echoes with narrow spectra near 150 km altitude during daytime away from the dip equator

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Choudhary, R K ^a,c   St Maurice, J P ^a,c   Mahajan, K K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

2415 Ionosphere: Equatorial ionosphere; 2439 Ionosphere: Ionospheric irregularities; 2443 Ionosphere: Midlatitude ionosphere

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COHERENT ECHOES; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; QUASI-PERIODICITY;

GEOMAGNETISM;

BACKSCATTER; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 11044222648     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020299     Document Type: Article

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