Saturation and hysteresis effects in ionospheric modification experiments observed by the CUTLASS and EISCAT radars

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 543-553

  Wright, D M ^a   Davies, J A ^b   Yeoman, T K ^a   Robinson, T R ^a   Shergill, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; IONOSPHERE; RADAR; RADIO WAVE;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33751081814     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-543-2006     Document Type: Article

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