Mean winds at 60-90 km observed with the MU radar (35°N)

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 655-660

  Nakamura, T ^a   Tsuda, T ^a   Fukao, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN WIND FIELD; MESOSPHERIC WIND; MST RADAR; RESULT COMPARISON; WIND FIELD MODEL; ZONAL WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0029729168     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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