Observations of double-peaked E region coherent spectra with the CUTLASS finland HF radar

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Danskin, D W ^a,c   Koustov, A V ^a   Makarevitch, R A ^a,d   Lester, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auroral ionosphere; HF

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; IONOSPHERE; MICROSTRUCTURE; RADIO WAVES; TRAJECTORIES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AURORAL IONOSPHERE; BURG SPECTRUM; SIGNAL RECEPTION;

RADAR;

EID: 18344418208     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003rs002932     Document Type: Article

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