Disruption of E region echoes observed by the EAR during the development phase of equatorial spread F: A manifestation of electrostatic field coupling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Patra, A K ^a,b   Yokoyama, T ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a   Saito, S ^c   Maruyama, T ^c   Fukao, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National MST Radar Facility   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; F REGION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMAS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ELECTROSTATIC FIELD COUPLING; EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERE RADAR (EAR); EQUATORIAL PLASMA BUBBLE; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F (ESF); FIELD ALIGNED IRREGULARITIES (FAI);

E REGION;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27544450431     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022868     Document Type: Article

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