A high-resolution study of mesospheric fine structure with the Jicamarca MST radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1281-1293

  Sheth, R ^a,d   Kudeki, E ^a   Lehmacher, G ^b   Sarango, M ^c   Woodman, R ^c   Chau, J ^c   Guo, L ^b   Reyes, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; HEIGHT; MESOSPHERE; RADAR; SCATTERING;

EID: 33751098242     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1281-2006     Document Type: Article

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