Comparison of atmospheric parameters derived from meteor observations with CIRA

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 833-843

  Cervera, Manuel A ^a,b   Reid, Iain M ^a,c  

^a Atmospheric Radar Systems   (Australia)

^b Surveillance Systems Division   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEORITES;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; METEOR ECHO DECAY THEORY;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EID: 0034187713     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS002226     Document Type: Article

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