Rapid variations in echo power maps of VHF radar backscatter from the lower atmosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 573-581

  Worthington, Richard M ^a   Palmer, Robert D ^b   Fukao, Shoichiro ^c   Yamamoto, Mamoru ^c   Astin, Ivan ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

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EID: 0039174198     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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