Application of a new beam configuration to estimate lower thermospheric vertical velocities at high latitudes with monostatic incoherent scatter radars

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Oyama, S ^a   Watkins, B J ^a   Maeda, S ^b   Watermann, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIO COMMUNICATION; WIND POWER;

ION-NEUTRAL COLLISION FREQUENCY; NEUTRAL WIND VELOCITY; THERMOSPHERIC MOTIONS;

RADAR;

EID: 27544512989     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003205     Document Type: Article

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