Combined radar observations of equatorial electrojet irregularities at Jicamarca

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-473

  Hysell, D L ^a   Drexler, J ^a   Shume, E B ^a   Chau, J L ^b   Scipion, D E ^b,c   Vlasov, M ^d   Cuevas, R ^d   Heinselman, C ^e  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^e SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROJET; PLASMA; RADAR IMAGERY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33947105478     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-457-2007     Document Type: Article

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