Temperature profiles in the MLT region using radar-meteor trail decay times: Comparison with TIMED/SABER observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Kumar, Karanam Kishore ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SATELLITES;

DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; RADAR-METEOR TRAIL DECAY TIME TECHNIQUE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; MESOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 35948944254     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030704     Document Type: Article

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