On the diurnal variability in F2-region plasma density above the EISCAT Svalbard radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2427-2433

  Moen, J ^a,b   Qiu, X C ^a   Carlson, H C ^c   Fujii, R ^c   McCrea, I W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EOARD   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; PLASMA; RADAR; SOLAR WIND; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 49149085496     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2427-2008     Document Type: Article

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