Determination of primary electron spectra from incoherent scatter radar measurements of the auroral e region

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Semeter, Joshua ^a,c   Kamalabadi, Farzad ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETOSPHERE; PHOTONS; PLASMAS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AURORAL EMISSIONS; AURORAL IONOSPHERE; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR (ISR) MEASUREMENTS; TOTAL ENERGY FLUX;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 20344401322     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003042     Document Type: Article

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