MU radar observations of tropopause variations by using clear air echo characteristics

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-370

  Hermawan, E ^a   Tsuda, T ^a   Adachi, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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MU RADAR;

EID: 0031715701     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352122     Document Type: Article

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