First observations of SPEAR-induced artificial backscatter from CUTLASS and the EISCAT Svalbard radars

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 291-309

  Robinson, T R ^a   Yeoman, T K ^a   Dhillon, R S ^a   Lester, M ^a   Thomas, E C ^a   Thornhill, J D ^a   Wright, D M ^a   Van Eyken, A P ^b   McCrea, I W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b EISCAT SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION   (Sweden)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; RADAR;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33751075994     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-291-2006     Document Type: Article

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