Nonturbulent layers in polar summer mesosphere. 1. Detection of sharp gradients using wavelet analysis

Radio Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 875-890

  Alcala, C M ^a   Kelley, M C ^a   Ulwick, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SOUNDING ROCKETS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

POLAR SUMMER MESOSPHERE; RADAR BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENT; SOUNDING SYSTEM RADAR; VISCOUS CONVECTIVE SUBRANGES; VISCOUS DIFFUSIVE SUBRANGES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0035455948     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000RS002361     Document Type: Article

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