Simultaneous mesospheric wind measurements near South Pole by optical and meteor radar methods

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1079-1082

  Hernandez, G ^a   Forbes, J M ^b   Smith, R W ^c   Portnyagin, Y ^d   Booth, J F ^e   Makarov, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^e Antarctic Support Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; OPTICAL RADAR; OSCILLATIONS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; POLES; RADAR; SURFACE WAVES;

LAMB WAVE; MESOSPHERE; MESOSPHERIC WIND MEASUREMENT; METEOR RADAR; SOUTH POLE; THERMOSPHERE; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

WIND; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

MESOSPHERE; METEOR RADAR METHOD; OPTICAL METHOD; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH POLE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTIONS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; EQUIVALENT DEPTH; KINETIC TEMPERATURES; MESOSPHERIC WINDS; PHASE PROGRESSIONS; PHASE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WAVENUMBER;

EID: 0030136036     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01193     Document Type: Article

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