Digital ionosonde measurements of the height variation of drift velocity in the southern polar cap ionosphere: Initial results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A11, 1997, Pages 24075-24090

  Parkinson, M L ^a   Monselesan, D P ^b   Smith, P R ^a   Dyson, P L ^a   Morris, R J ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

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EID: 37149056959     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA01944     Document Type: Article

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