Range imaging observations of PMSE using the EISCAT VHF radar: Phase calibration and first results

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 207-220

  Fernandez, J R ^a   Palmer, R D ^a,e   Chilson, P B ^b   Haggstrom I ^c   Rietveld, M T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (polar ionosphere); Meteorology and atmosphere dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics); Radio science (interfometry)

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 15544388979     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-207-2005     Document Type: Article

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