MF radar observations of mean winds over Yamagawa (31.2°N, 130.6°E) and Wakkanai (45.4°N, 141.7°E)

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1177-1187

  Namboothiri, S P ^a   Kishore, P ^a   Igarashi, K ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Tsuda, T ^b  

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

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climatology; Mean wind; MF radar

Indexed keywords

MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; WIND VELOCITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033758445     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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