Recent advances in atmospheric radar study

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85 B, Issue , 2007, Pages 215-239

  Fukao, Shoichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSPHERE; MONITORING; RADAR; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34848906839     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85B.215     Document Type: Review

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