Satellite traces: An ionogram signature for large-scale wave structure and a precursor for equatorial spread F

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Tsunoda, Roland T ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F LAYERS; IONOGRAM; IONOGRAMS; IONOSONDE DATUMS; PLASMA STRUCTURES; SCATTER RADARS; WAVE STRUCTURES;

F REGION;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; F REGION; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATELLITE DATA; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

KWAJALEIN ATOLL; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 58249085977     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035706     Document Type: Article

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