Multiradar observations of the polar tongue of ionization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A9, 2005, Pages

  Foster, J C ^a   Coster, A J ^a   Erickson, P J ^a   Holt, J M ^a   Lind, F D ^a   Rideout, W ^a   McCready, M ^b   Van Eyken, A ^c   Barnes, R J ^d,f   Greenwald, R A ^d,f   Rich, F J ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33745586915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010928     Document Type: Article

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