Midlatitude ionospheric plasma temperature climatology and empirical model based on Saint Santin incoherent scatter radar data from 1966 to 1987

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A11, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Shun Rong ^a   Holt, John M ^a   Zalucha, Angela M ^a,c   Amory Mazaudier, Christine ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical model; Incoherent scatter radar; Ionospheric climatology; Ionospheric plasma temperatures; St. Santin

Indexed keywords

EID: 16344380627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010709     Document Type: Article

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