Simultaneous measurement of duskside subauroral irregularities from the CUTLASS Finland radar and EISCAT UHF system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Hosokawa, K ^a   Sugino, M ^b   Lester, M ^c   Sato, N ^d   Yukimatu, A S ^d   Iyemori, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ionospheric irregularities; Midlatitude trough; Storm and substorm; Subauroral ionosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442585900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009416     Document Type: Article

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