Super dual auroral radar network observations of fluctuations in the spectral distribution of near range meteor echoes in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 425-434

  Arnold, N F ^a   Robinson, T R ^a   Lester, M ^a   Byrne, P B ^a   Chapman, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meterology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; thermospheric dynamics; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035616802     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-425-2001     Document Type: Article

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