Dynamics of the lower thermosphere over South Pole from meteor radar wind measurements

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 611-620

  Forbes, J M ^a   Portnyagin, Yu I ^b   Makarov, N A ^b   Palo, S E ^a   Merzlyakov, E G ^b   Zhang, X ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; RADAR IMAGERY; THERMOSPHERE; WIND MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033390038     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353219     Document Type: Article

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