Calculating the azimuth of mountain waves, using the effect of tilted fine-scale stable layers on VHF radar echoes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-272

  Worthington, Richard M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033476073     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0257-4     Document Type: Article

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