Spectral width of SuperDARN echoes: Measurement, use and physical interpretation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-128

  Ponomarenko, P V ^a   Waters, C L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLASMA;

EID: 33751079343     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-115-2006     Document Type: Article

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