A multi-instrument measurement of a mesospheric front-like structure at the equator

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 305-316

  Shiokawa, Kazuo ^a   Suzuki, Shin ^a   Otsuka, Yuichi ^a   Ogawa, Tadahiko ^a   Nakamura, Takuji ^b   Mlynczak, Martin G ^c   Russell III, James M ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; PHOTOMETER; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KOTOTABANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 33748465929     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.305     Document Type: Article

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