A comparison of F-region ion velocity observations from the EISCAT Svalbard and VHF radars with irregularity drift velocity measurements from the CUTLASS Finland HF radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 589-594

  Davies, J A ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Lester, M ^a   Milan, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques; Ionosphere ionospheric irregularities; Plasma convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044520029     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050918     Document Type: Article

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