A new narrow beam Doppler radar at 3 MHz for studies of the high-latitude middle atmosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1488-1494

  Singer, W ^a   Latteck, R ^a   Holdsworth, D A ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b Atmospheric Radar Systems   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; D region electron density; Instruments and techniques; Mesospheric dynamics; Meteors; Radar atmospheric physics

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES; MESOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; METEORS; RADAR ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS;

RADAR;

EID: 41349119346     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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