An investigation of tilted aspect-sensitive scatterers in the lower atmosphere using the MU and Aberystwyth VHF radars

Radio Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 413-426

  Worthington, Richard M ^a   Palmer, Robert D ^b   Fukao, Shoichiro ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; RADAR; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

AZIMUTH DEPENDENCE; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; KELVIN- HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; POWER IMBALANCE; SPATIAL INTERFEROMETRY;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0000706525     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998RS900028     Document Type: Article

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