High resolution measurements in the summer polar mesosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1115-1118

  Ruster R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; RADAR MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GRAVITY WAVES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

BISPECTRAL METHODS; CONSERVED QUANTITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; MESOSPHERIC SUMMER ECHOES; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BISPECTRAL METHODS; MESOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; LARGE SCALE; MESOSPHERE; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO;

NORWAY;

EID: 0031136290     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00947     Document Type: Article

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