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  • plasma
    / Determination of plasma variables

    …of the Earth using the incoherent scatter radar method. The method works by bouncing radio waves from small irregularities in the electron gas that occur owing to random thermal motions of the particles. The returning signal is shifted slightly from the transmitted one—because of the Doppler-shift effect—and the velocity of…

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    …of the Earth using the incoherent scatter radar method. The method works by bouncing radio waves from small irregularities in the electron gas that occur owing to random thermal motions of the particles. The returning signal is shifted slightly from the transmitted one—because of the Doppler-shift effect—and the velocity of…

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