Observations of high-velocity SAPS-like flows with the King Salmon SuperDARN radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1591-1608

  Koustov, A V ^a   Drayton, R A ^a   Makarevich, R A ^b   McWilliams, K A ^a   St Maurice, J P ^a   Kikuchi, T ^c   Frey, H U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; POLARIZATION; RADAR; VELOCITY;

ALASKA; KING SALMON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 33751117990     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1591-2006     Document Type: Article

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