Full profile incoherent scatter analysis at Jicamarca

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-75

  Hysell, D L ^a   Rodrigues, F S ^a   Chau, J L ^b   Huba, J D ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTRON DENSITY; HELIUM; IONOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

JICAMARCA; LIMA [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38949125972     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-59-2008     Document Type: Article

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