Direct comparison between in situ and VHF oblique radar measurements of refractive index spectra: A new successful attempt

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1487-1500

  Luce, Hubert ^a   Dalaudier, Francis ^b   Crochet, Michel ^a   Sidi, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; RADAR; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

DYNAMIC RANGE; INERTIAL SUBRANGE; ISOTROPIC MODELS; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; NEW RESULTS; POWER LEVELS; REFRACTIVE-INDEX SPECTRA; TEMPERATURE SPECTRA;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

IN SITU MEASUREMENTS; ISOTROPIC MODEL;

EID: 0030286395     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS02087     Document Type: Review

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