Statistics of solar microwave radio burst spectra with implications for operations of microwave radio systems

Space Weather

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 12-18

  Nita, Gelu M ^a   Gary, Dale E ^a   Lanzerotti, Louis J ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interference; Radio systems; Solar microwave bursts; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645393618     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-12     Document Type: Article

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