Height-time-structure of VHF back-scater from stable and turbulently mixed atmosphere layers at tropical latitudes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1455-1463

  Jain, A R ^a   Jaya Rao, Y ^a   Mydhili, N S ^a  

^a National MST Radar Facility   (India)

Author keywords

Discrete layers of high echo intensity; MST radar; Tropical latitudes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BACKSCATTER; RADAR; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0034855321     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(01)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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