First observations of the midlatitude evening anomaly using Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN) radars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  De Larquier, S ^a   Ruohoniemi, J M ^a   Baker, J B H ^a   Ravindran Varrier, N ^a   Lester, M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80455174084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016787     Document Type: Article

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