Radar investigations of low-altitude quasi-periodic echoes in Chung-Li

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Pan, C J ^a   Rottger J ^a   Chen, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

FIELD ALIGNED IRREGULARITY STRUCTURES; RADAR ECHOES; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY;

GEOPHYSICS;

E REGION; RADAR IMAGERY; SCATTERING;

EID: 23844434909     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022136     Document Type: Article

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