Imaging ionospheric inhomogeneities using spaceborne synthetic aperture radar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Pi, Xiaoqing ^a   Freeman, Anthony ^a   Chapman, Bruce ^a   Rosen, Paul ^a   Li, Zhenhong ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79954546211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016267     Document Type: Article

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