On the reality of upper mesospheric/lower thermospheric turbulent "eddies"

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-82

  Roper, R G ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COHERENT SCATTERING; GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR; REFRACTIVE INDEX; DOPPLER EFFECT; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIO INTERFERENCE;

DOPPLER INTERFEROMETRY; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; RATE OF DISSIPATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX DISCONTINUITIES; TURBULENT COHERENT STRUCTURES; TURBULENT INTENSITIES;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

IMAGING DOPPLER INTERFEROMETRY (IDI); MEDIUM FREQUENCY (MF) RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031673721     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS02854     Document Type: Article

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