A revised method to extract thermospheric parameters from incoherent scatter observations

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 985-1008

  Mikhailov, Andrei V ^a   Lilensten, Jean ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F REGION; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 8844282730     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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