Strengths and limitations of MST radar measurements of middle-atmosphere winds

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1111-1122

  Hocking, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0642374130     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-1111-1     Document Type: Article

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