A brief history of the development of wind-profiling or MST radars

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 740-749

  Van Zandt, T E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (instruments and techniques); Radio science (remote sensing; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844241629     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0740-4     Document Type: Review

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