Comparisons of refractive index gradient and stability profiles measured by balloons and the MU radar at a high vertical resolution in the lower stratosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-57

  Luce, H ^a   Hassenpflug, G ^b   Yamamoto, M ^b   Fukao, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; IMAGING METHOD; RADAR; RADIOSONDE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 33846863762     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-47-2007     Document Type: Article

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