Equatorial dynamics observed by rocket, radar, and satellite during the CADRE/MALTED campaign 1. Programmatics and small-scale fluctuations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 22, 1997, Pages

  Goldberg, Richard A ^a   Lehmacher, Gerald A ^a,b   Schmidlin, Frank J ^a   Fritts, David C ^c,d   Mitchell, J D ^e   Croskey, C L ^e   Friedrich, M ^f   Swartz, W E ^g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^g Cornell University   (United States)

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EID: 0041834360     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd03653     Document Type: Article

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