The MU radar measurements and modeling of the gravity wave climatology and sources in the atmosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 565-574

  Gavrilov, N ^a   Fukao, S ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GRAVITY WAVE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0033393305     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00202-1     Document Type: Article

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