MU radar-RASS measurements of tropospheric turbulence parameters

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 345-354

  Low, David J ^a   Adachi, Tatsuhiro ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a  

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EID: 0342283326     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/metz/7/1998/345     Document Type: Article

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