HF radar observations of high-velocity E region echoes from the eastward auroral electrojet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Makarevich, Roman A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 56749102737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013204     Document Type: Article

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