On a summer maximum in the occurrence frequency of 150 km (F1 radar echoes over Pohnpei

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a   Ecklund, Warner L ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECHO SUPPRESSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADAR;

DATA COLLECTION; MAGNETIC DIP LATITUDE;

GEOPHYSICS;

F REGION; PLASMA; RADAR;

EID: 18544399216     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl018704     Document Type: Article

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