Coordinated observations of the dynamics and coupling processes of mesosphere and lower thermosphere winds with MF radars at the middle-high latitude

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 657-664

  Igarashi, K ^a   Murayama, Y ^a   Hocke, K ^a,c   Yamazaki, R ^a   Kunitake, M ^a   Nagayama, M ^a   Nishimuta, I ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Yamagawa Radio Observatory   (Japan)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COUPLING; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 0033396176     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353223     Document Type: Article

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