VHF radar observations of nighttime F-region field-aligned irregularities over Kototabang, Indonesia

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-437

  Otsuka, Y ^a   Ogawa, T ^a,c   Effendy, ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

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

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Field aligned irregularity; GPS; Scintillation; VHF radar

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; GPS; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; RADAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KOTOTABANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 68949093814     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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