Properties of midlatitude mesosphere summer echoes after three seasons of VHF radar observations at 54°N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Zecha, M ^a   Bremer, J ^a   Latteck, R ^a   Singer, W ^a   Hoffmann, P ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspect sensitivity; Mesosphere summer echoes; Mesospheric turbulence; Radar scattering

Indexed keywords

POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHO; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0042022324     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002442     Document Type: Article

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