A preliminary comparison of observations with MF radars in Wuhan and Yamagawa at 30- 31{ring operator} N

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1036-1042

  Hu, Xiong ^a   Zhang, Xunxie ^b   Igarashi, Kiyoshi ^c   Zhang, Dongya ^b  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Longitudinal dependences; Mean winds and tides; MF radar; The mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND POWER;

LONGITUDINAL DEPENDENCES; MEAN TIDES; MEAN WINDS; MESOSPHERE WINDS; THERMOSPHERE WINDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; MESOSPHERE; RADAR IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; WUHAN; YAMAGAWA;

EID: 33646511100     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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