Representative height-time cross-sections of the upper atmosphere wind field over Central Europe 1990-1996

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2177-2184

  Schminder, Rudolf ^a   Kürschner, Dierk ^a   Singer, Werner ^b   Hoffmann, Peter ^b   Keuer, Dieter ^b   Bremer, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEIGHT/TIME CROSS-SECTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILER;

EUROPE, (CENTRAL);

EID: 0031427260     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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