Magneto-optic Doppler analyzer: A new instrument to measure mesopause windst

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 33, 1996, Pages 6494-6503

  Williams, Bifford P ^a,b   Tomczyk, Steven ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric instrumentation; Magneto optics; Mesopause winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; DOPPLER ANALYZER; MESOPAUSE; MODA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030324252     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006494     Document Type: Article

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