A comparison of winds measured by meteor radar systems and an MF radar at Buckland Park

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 867-874

  Valentic, T A ^a,d   Avery, J P ^a   Avery, S K ^a,b   Vincent, R A ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORITES; RADAR ANTENNAS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND; ANTENNAS; RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

METEOR ECHO DETECTION AND COLLECTION (MEDAC) SYSTEM; SPACED ANTENNA SYSTEM;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ANTENNA SYSTEM; COMPARISON RESULT; DATA RATES; METEOR ECHOS; METEOR RADAR SYSTEMS; MODEL RESULTS; POINT TO POINT; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0031100330     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03308     Document Type: Review

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