The Buckland Park MF radar: Routine observation scheme and velocity comparisons

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3815-3828

  Holdsworth, D A ^a,b   Reid, I M ^b  

^a Atmospheric Radar Systems   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (instruments and techniques); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (instruments and techniques); Radio science (instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; RADAR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 10944268165     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3815-2004     Document Type: Article

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