Some characteristics of atmospheric gravity waves observed by radio-interferometry

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-58

  Mercier, Claude ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 2842525915     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-0042-6     Document Type: Article

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