Investigation of height gradient in vertical plasma drift at equatorial ionosphere using multifrequency HF Doppler radar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A12, 2004, Pages

  Nayar, S R Prabhakaran ^a   Sreehari, C V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Height gradient; Velocity vortex; Vertical plasma drift

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846210427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010641     Document Type: Article

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