Unexpected spectral characteristics of VHF radar signals from 150-km region over Jicamarca

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Chau, Jorge L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

2415 Ionosphere: Equatorial ionosphere; 2419 Ionosphere: Ion chemistry and composition (0335): 2411 Ionosphere: Electric fields (2712); 2439 Ionosphere: Ionospheric irregularities; 2772 Magnetospheric Physics: Plasma waves and instabilities

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE REGIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANICS; RADAR SIGNALS; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF);

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANOMALY; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY;

EID: 16644372148     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021620     Document Type: Article

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