Mesopause dynamics from the scandinavian triangle of radars within the PSMOS-DATAR project

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-386

  Manson, A H ^a   Meek, C E ^a   Hall, C M ^b   Nozawa, S ^c   Mitchell, N J ^d   Pancheva, D ^e   Singer, W ^f   Hoffmann, P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; waves and tides: instrument and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MESOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 1342310059     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-367-2004     Document Type: Article

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