Anomalous Echoes Observed with the EISCAT UHF Radar at 100-km Altitude

Abstract. We have observed a number of strong echoes with the European incoherent-scatter (EISCAT) UHF (930-MHz) radar at angles 83.5 ° and 78.6 ° with the geomagnetic field and at about 100-km altitude north in the auroral zone. The echoes are shortlived and occur in single 2- or 10-s data dumps. T...

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Main Authors: E. Malnes, N. Bjørnat, T. L. Hansen
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1996
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.371.8275
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