The SEEK chemical release experiment: Observed neutral wind profile in a region of sporadic E

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1789-1792

  Larsen, M F ^a   Fukao, S ^b   Yamamoto, M ^b   Tsunoda, R ^c   Igarashi, K ^d   Ono, T ^e  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SOUNDING ROCKETS; TRAJECTORIES; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ROCKETS;

NEUTRAL WIND PROFILES;

E REGION;

ALTITUDE RANGE; CHEMICAL RELEASE; LARGE SHEAR; NEUTRAL WINDS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SPORADIC E; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILES;

EID: 0032096125     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl00986     Document Type: Article

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