Radio tomographic imaging of sporadic-E layers during SEEK-2

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2357-2368

  Bernhardt, P A ^a   Selcher, C A ^a   Siefring, C ^a   Wilkens, M ^b   Compton, C ^c   Bust, G ^d   Yamamoto, M ^e   Fukao, S ^e   Takayuki, O ^f   Wakabayashi, M ^f   Mori, H ^g  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ICARUS RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques; Ionospheric irregularities; Mid latitude ionosphere

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27844512912     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-23-2357-2005     Document Type: Article

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