Ionospheric plasma temperatures during 1976-2001 over Millstone Hill

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 963-969

  Zhang, Shun Rong ^a   Holt, John M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incoherent scatter; Ionosphere; Ionospheric temperature; Millstone Hill

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONS; PLASMA THEORY; RADAR; SOLAR ENERGY;

DIURNAL VARIATIONS; INCOHERENT SCATTERERS (IS); RADAR MODELS; SOLAR ACTIVITIES;

IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 16544382374     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.07.012     Document Type: Article

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