Tidal wind oscillations in the tropical lower atmosphere as observed by Indian MST Radar

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 991-999

  Sasi, M N ^a   Ramkumar, G ^a   Deepa, V ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (tropical meteorology; waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844235695     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-991-2001     Document Type: Article

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