HF detection of slow long-lived E region plasma structures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 105, Issue A2, 2000, Pages 2425-2442

  Jayachandran, P T ^a   St Maurice, J P ^a   MacDougall, J W ^a   Moorcroft, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 39449125921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900367     Document Type: Article

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