Rocket and incoherent scatter radar common-volume electron measurements of the equatorial lower ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Friedrich, Martin ^a   Torkar, K M ^b   Lehmacher, G A ^c   Croskey, C L ^d   Mitchell, J D ^d   Kudeki, E ^e   Milla, M ^e  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FARADAY EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PROBES; SOUNDING ROCKETS;

EQUATORIAL LOWER IONOSPHERE; FARADAY ROTATION APPROACH; LANGMUIR PROBE CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; RADAR ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENTS;

IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADAR;

EID: 33745452668     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024622     Document Type: Article

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