Observations of time dependence and aspect sensitivity of regions of enhanced UHF backscatter associated with RF heating

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-85

  Dhillon, R S ^a   Robinson, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Active experiments; auroral ionosphere, wave propagation)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER;

EID: 15544382404     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-75-2005     Document Type: Article

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