A global study of nighttime midlatitude topside spread echoes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Earle, G D ^a   Musumba, A M ^a   McClure, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 33947500167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011614     Document Type: Article

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