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Three-fold Magneto-ionic Splitting of the Radio Echoes reflected from the Ionosphere

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THE phenomenon of reflection of radio waves from the ionosphere and the observed echo patterns has received satisfactory explanation from the magneto-ionic theory, first put forward by Appleton1.

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TOSHNIWAL, G. Three-fold Magneto-ionic Splitting of the Radio Echoes reflected from the Ionosphere. Nature 135, 471–472 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135471b0

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