Complete maps of the aspect sensitivity of VHF atmospheric radar echoes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1116-1119

  Worthington, R M ^a   Palmer, R D ^b   Fukao, S ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; turbulence; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005445630     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850050836     Document Type: Article

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