High-resolution stratospheric dynamics measurements with the NASA/JPL Goldstone Solar System Radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1909-1912

  Cho, John Y N ^a   Jurgens, Raymond F ^b   Slade, Martin A ^b  

^a ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; RADAR SYSTEMS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GOLD; NASA; RADAR;

ARECIBO BISTATIC S BAND PLANETARY RADAR; RADAR SCATTERING MECHANISMS; STRATOSPHERIC DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

GOLDSTONE PLANETARY RADAR; GOLDSTONE SOLAR SYSTEM RADAR; NASA/JPL; RADAR; RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERIC DYNAMICS;

HIGH BANDWIDTH; HIGH RESOLUTION; PLANETARY RADARS; RADAR SCATTER; SCATTERING LAYER; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

EID: 0030183091     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01570     Document Type: Article

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