Upwelling backscatter plumes in growth phase of equatorial spread F observed with the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Yokoyama, Tatsuhiro ^a   Fukao, Shoichiro ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; F REGION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; THERMAL PLUMES;

BACKSCATTER PLUMES; EQUATORIAL SPREAD F (ESF); NONLINEAR EVOLUTION; PLASMA BUBBLES; UPWELLING RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BACKSCATTER; RADAR; UPWELLING;

EID: 33745476122     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025680     Document Type: Article

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