First Jicamarca radar observations of two-stream e region irregularities under daytime counter equatorial electrojet conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Woodman, Ronald F ^a   Chau, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PIURA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Electrojet; Equatorial; Irregularities; Jicamarca

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843088858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009362     Document Type: Article

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