A measurement of the lunar semidiurnal tide at Wuhan (30°40′ N, 114°30′E)

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 991-997

  Niu, X J ^a,b   Xiong, J G ^a   Wan, W X ^a   Ning, B Q ^a   Liu, L B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b JIANGHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GSWM model; Lunar tide; Meteor radar

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; METEOR; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADAR; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SOLAR TIDE; WAVE MODELING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN;

EID: 35948991835     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352039     Document Type: Article

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