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Buckland Park Aerial Array

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An aerial array 1 km in diameter has been constructed near Adelaide, South Australia. It will be used for observations of ionospheric drifts and meteors, and for other experiments in ionospheric physics.

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BRIGGS, B., ELFORD, W., FELGATE, D. et al. Buckland Park Aerial Array. Nature 223, 1321–1325 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231321a0

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