Simultaneous VHF radar backscatter and ionosonde observations of low-latitude E region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 773-779

  Patra, A K ^a   Sripathi, S ^a   Rao, P B ^b   Subbarao, K S V ^c  

^a National MST Radar Facility   (India)

^b NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^c INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere, Ionospheric irregularities, Plasma waves and instabilities)

Indexed keywords

E REGION; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 18744408449     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-773-2005     Document Type: Article

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