Clear air boundary layer spaced antenna wind measurement with the Multiple Antenna Profiler (MAPR)

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 845-854

  Cohn, S A ^a   Brown, W O J ^a   Martin, C L ^a   Susedik, M E ^a   Maclean, G D ^a   Parsons, D B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (mesoscale meteorology: instruments and techniques); Radio science (remote sensing)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616279     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-845-2001     Document Type: Article

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