VHF tropospheric scatterer anisotropy at Resolute Bay and its implications for tropospheric radar-derived wind accuracies

Radio Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1777-1793

  Hocking, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOPPLER EFFECT; RADAR; RADIOSONDES; TROPOSPHERE;

TROPOSPHERIC SCATTERER ANISOTROPY;

RADIO WAVES;

EID: 0035520960     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000RS001002     Document Type: Article

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