Climatological mean wind observations from the UARS high-resolution Doppler imager and wind imaging interferometer: Comparison with current reference models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D6, 1996, Pages 10455-10473

  Fleming, Eric L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGICAL REFERENCE MODEL; UARS; WIND SPEED;

EID: 0030464382     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD01043     Document Type: Article

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