Surface duct height distributions for Wallops Island, Virginia, 1985-1994

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 86-93

  Babin, Steven M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS PROPAGATION; DUCT HEIGHT DATA (1985-1994); MICROWAVE PROPAGATION PREDICTION; MICROWAVE REFRACTIVITY; SURFACE DUCT; TROPOSPHERIC REFRACTION;

USA, VIRGINIA, WALLOPS ISLAND;

EID: 0029749835     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0086:SDHDFW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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