Multi-beam MU radar measurements of advective accelerations in the atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-318

  Gavrilov, N M ^b   Fukao, S ^a   Hashiguchi, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; SCANNING ANTENNAS; ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; RADAR MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTENNA BEAMS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MULTIBEAMS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ADVECTIVE ACCELERATION; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; MULTIBEAM RADAR MEASUREMENTS;

ACCELERATION; ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 0033084059     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900279     Document Type: Article

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