Low-altitude quasi-periodic echoes studied using a large database of Gadanki radar observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rao, N Venkateswara ^a   Patra, A K ^a   Rao, S V B ^b  

^a NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 63149114743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013397     Document Type: Article

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