Meteor observations with an MF radar

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 691-699

  Tsutsumi, Masaki ^a   Holdsworth, David ^b   Nakamura, Takuji ^c   Reid, Lain ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Atmospheric Radar Systems   (Australia)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; RADAR IMAGERY; WIND;

EID: 0033390039     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353227     Document Type: Article

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