Imaging observations of nighttime mid-latitude F-region field-aligned irregularities by an MU radar ultra-multi-channel system

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2345-2352

  Saito, S ^a,c   Yamamoto, M ^b   Hashiguchi, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; DOPPLER RADAR; IMAGING METHOD; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 49149088405     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2345-2008     Document Type: Article

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