Some results of comparison between the lower thermosphere zonal winds as seen by the ground-based radars and WINDII on UARS

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 701-709

  Portnyagin, Yu I ^a   Solovjova, T V ^a   Wang, D Y ^b  

^a Institute of Experimental Meteorology Science and Production Association   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; THERMOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 0033389770     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353228     Document Type: Article

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