Decay of 3-m-scale ionospheric irregularities associated with a plasma bubble observed with the equatorial atmosphere radar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Saito, Susumu ^a,b   Fukao, Shoichiro ^c   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^c   Otsuka, Yuichi ^d   Maruyama, Takashi ^a  

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

^b ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 58749096220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013118     Document Type: Article

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