Coordinated MST radar and lidar observations for the study of mesospheric structures over a tropical station

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-358

  Venkat Ratnam, M ^a   Narayana Rao, D ^a   Narayana Rao, T ^a   Krishnaiah, M ^a   Bhavani Kumar, Y ^b   Siva Kumar, V ^b   Rao, P B ^b  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b National MST Radar Facility   (India)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Reflectivity; Temperature inversions; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; REFLECTIVITY; TURBULENCE;

INDIA;

EID: 0036128595     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(01)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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