Azimuth angle variations of specular reflection echoes in the lower atmosphere observed with the MU radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 777-784

  Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Gordon, William E ^b   Saito, Hideya ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; AZIMUTH ANGLE; LARGE SCALE; SPECULAR ECHO; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031463303     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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