First E- and D-region incoherent scatter spectra observed over Jicamarca

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1295-1303

  Chau, J L ^a   Kudeki, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; IONOSPHERE; RADAR; SCATTERING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

LORENTZIA;

EID: 33751077490     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1295-2006     Document Type: Article

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