High-resolution radio acoustic sounding system observations and analysis up to 20 km

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1383-1396

  Alexander, Simon P ^a   Tsuda, Toshitaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DIURNAL CYCLE; ENERGY PROPAGATION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; RADIO ACOUSTIC SOUNDING SYSTEMS; STANDARD DEVIATION; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AIR TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; KINETIC ENERGY; RADAR; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 42549158797     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA983.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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