A reconsideration of spectral width measurements in PMSE with EISCAT

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2408-2412

  Rapp, Markus ^a   Hoppe, Ulf Peter ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Polar mesopause region; Polar mesosphere summer echoes; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAVITATION; KINETIC ENERGY; RADAR ASTRONOMY; TURBULENCE;

ECHO POWER; POLAR MESOPAUSE REGION; POLAR MESOSPHERE SUMMER ECHOES; SPECTRAL WIDTH;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750990743     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.029     Document Type: Article

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