Validation of imaging Doppler interferometer winds using meteor radar

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Jones, G O L ^a   Berkey, F T ^b   Fish, C S ^b   Hocking, W K ^c   Taylor, M J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

IDI, MF radar; Mesopheric winds; Meteor radar

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; TIDES; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR SYSTEMS; WIND;

IMAGING DOPPLER INTERFEROMETER (IDI); DOPPLER INTERFEROMETERS; HIGH POTENTIAL; MESOSPHERIC WINDS; METEOR RADAR SYSTEMS; METEOR RADARS; WIND DATA; WIND MEASUREMENT; WINDS AND TIDES;

WIND; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER RADAR; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0141907756     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017645     Document Type: Article

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