A report on radar observations of 5-8-day waves in the Equatorial MLT region

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 295-304

  Sridharan, Sundararajan ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a   Nakamura, Takuji ^a   Vincent, Robert A ^b   Affendy, ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATORIAL WAVE; MESOSPHERE; RADAR; THERMOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KOTOTABANG; PAMEUNGPEUK; PONTIANAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST JAVA; WEST KALIMANTAN; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 33748453689     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.295     Document Type: Article

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