The structure of turbulence in the middle and lower atmosphere seen by and deduced from MF, HF and VHF radar, with special emphasis on small-scale features and anisotropy

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 933-944

  Hocking, W K ^a   Rottger J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (instruments and techniques); History of geophysics (atmospheric sciences); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (turbulence)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035617653     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-933-2001     Document Type: Article

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