Comparison of mesopause region meteor radar winds, medium frequency radar winds and low frequency drifts over Germany

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-252

  Jacobi, Ch ^a   Arras, C ^b   Kurschner D ^a   Singer, W ^c   Hoffmann, P ^c   Keuer, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mesosphere lower thermosphere; Middle atmosphere dynamics; Radar winds

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; IONOSPHERE; RADAR REFLECTION; RADAR SYSTEMS; WIND;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MEDIUM FREQUENCY RADARS; MESOPAUSE REGION; MESOSPHERE/LOWER THERMOSPHERES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS; REFLECTION POINTS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 58149461155     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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