Unusual ionospheric echoes with high velocity and very low spectral width observed by the SuperDARN radars in the polar cap during high geomagnetic activity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A2, 2004, Pages

  Nishitani, Nozomu ^a   Lester, Mark ^b   Milan, Steve E ^b   Ogawa, Tadahiko ^a   Sato, Natsuo ^c   Yamagishi, Hisao ^c   Yukimatu, Akira Sessai ^c   Rich, Frederick J ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field turbulence; Geomagnetic storm; Low spectral width echoes; Magnetospheric magnetic field configuration; Polar cap ionosphere; SuperDARN

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947618475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010048     Document Type: Article

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