Equatorial ionospheric disturbance observed through a transequatorial HF propagation experiment

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1401-1409

  Maruyama, T ^a   Kawamura, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; RADIO WAVE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; OARAI; SHEPPARTON; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33751084063     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1401-2006     Document Type: Article

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