An investigation of latitudinal transitions in the SuperDARN Doppler spectral width parameter at different magnetic local times

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1187-1202

  Chisham, G ^a   Freeman, M P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere magnetosphere interactions; instruments and techniques); Magnetospheric physics (magnetopause, cusp, and boundary layers)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 2442565803     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1187-2004     Document Type: Article

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