Mid-latitude E-region bulk motions inferred from digital ionosonde and HF radar measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3789-3798

  Hussey, Glenn C ^a   Haldoupis, C ^b   Bourdillon, A ^c   Delloue, J ^d   Wiensz, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities; Mid latitude ionosphere; Instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

E REGION; IONOSPHERE; RADAR;

EID: 11844297410     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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