Gadanki radar observations of daytime E region echoes and structures extending down to 87 km

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1861-1869

  Patra, A K ^a   Sripathi, S ^b   Rao, P B ^c   Choudhary, R K ^d  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^c NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLASMA; RADAR;

EID: 33751095909     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1861-2006     Document Type: Article

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