EISCAT observational results during the DELTA campaign

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1183-1191

  Nozawa, S ^a   Ogawa, Yasunobu ^a   Brekke, A ^b   Tsuda, T ^a   Hall, C M ^b   Miyaoka, H ^c   Kurihara, J ^d   Abe, Takumi ^d   Fujii, R ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c National Institute of Polar Research   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Day to day variability; EISCAT; Electron temperature; Neutral temperature; Semidiurnal tide; Troms

Indexed keywords

AURORA; IONOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 33750610165     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352008     Document Type: Article

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