Finland HF and Esrange MST radar observations of polar mesosphere summer echoes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1047-1055

  Ogawa, T ^a   Arnold, N F ^b   Kirkwood, S ^c   Nishitani, N ^a   Lester, M ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; thermospheric dynamics; waves and tides; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; RADAR;

FINLAND;

EID: 0038722874     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1047-2003     Document Type: Article

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