Aspect sensitivity in the VHF radar backscatters studied using simultaneous observations of Gadanki MST radar and GPS sonde

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4013-4023

  Ghosh, A K ^a   Das, S S ^a   Patra, A K ^a   Rao, D N ^a   Jain, A R ^a  

^a National MST Radar Facility   (India)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics (scattering and diffraction); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; turbulence)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BACKSCATTER; GPS; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; RADAR;

EID: 11844306030     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-4013-2004     Document Type: Article

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