VHF radar observations of tropical easterly jet stream over Gadanki

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 943-946

  Rao, D Narayana ^a   Thulasiraman, S ^a   Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, S ^a   Narayana Rao, T ^a   Kishore, P ^b   Venkat Ratnam, M ^a   Reddy, K Krishna ^c  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; RADAR IMAGERY;

EID: 0034118835     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00034-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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