The Clear-Air Coastal Vespertine Radar Bands

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 673-681

  Sauvageot, Henri ^a   Despaux, Gilbert ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LAYER; INSECT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030470235     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0673:TCACVR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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