Lower-thermospheric neutral winds at high latitude determined from incoherent scatter measurements: a review of techniques and observations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 261-275

  Johnson, R M ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; IONOSPHERE - E REGION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR - METEOROLOGICAL;

LOWER THERMOSPHERIC NEUTRAL WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0025562302     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(90)90259-3     Document Type: Article

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