An examination of high latitude upper mesosphere dynamic stability using the Nippon/Norway Svalbard Meteor Radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Hall, C M ^a   Aso, T ^b   Tsutsumi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; RADAR; STABILITY;

DEGREE OF STABILITY; DYNAMIC INSTABILITY; HIGH LATITUDES; MESOSPHERE DYNAMICS; METEOR RADARS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND SHEARS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0037092372     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014229     Document Type: Article

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