Source of field-aligned irregularities in the subauroral F region as observed by the SuperDARN radars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 24713-24731

  Hosokawa, Keisuke ^a   Iyemori, Toshihiko ^a   Yukimatu, Akira Sessai ^b   Sato, Natsuo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

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EID: 39449110903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900080     Document Type: Article

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