Interferometric radar observations of filamented structures due to plasma instabilities and their relation to dynamic auroral rays

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1115-1132

  Grydeland, T ^a   Blixt, E M ^a   Lovhaug U P ^a   Hagfors, T ^b   La Hoz, C ^a   Trondsen, T S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (auroral ionosphere; plasma waves and instabilities); Radio science (interferometry)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; IONOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; SCATTERING;

EID: 2442483874     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1115-2004     Document Type: Article

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