Anisotropy of Doppler spectral parameters in the VHF radar observations at MU and White Sands

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 883-888

  Nastrom, G D ^a,b   Tsuda, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (turbulence; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035595053     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-883-2001     Document Type: Article

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