On the origin of lower- and upper-frequency cutoffs on wedge-like spectrograms observed by DEMETER in the midlatitude ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Shklyar, D R ^a,b   Parrot, M ^c   Chum, J ^d   Santolik, O ^d,e   Titova, E E ^f  

^a Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c LPCE CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 77952358935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014672     Document Type: Article

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