Radar observations of 8.3-m scale equatorial spread F irregularities over Trivandrum

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 911-922

  Tiwari, D ^a   Patra, A K ^b   Devasia, C V ^a   Sridharan, R ^a   Jyoti, N ^a   Viswanathan, K S ^a   Subbarao, K S V ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b National MST Radar Facility   (India)

Author keywords

Ionoshphere (equatorial ionosphere, plasma waves and instabilities; ionospheric irregularities)

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; RADAR IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM;

EID: 1942472108     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-911-2004     Document Type: Article

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