VHF radar observation of atmospheric winds, associated shears and Cn2 at a tropical location: Interdependence and seasonal pattern

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 965-973

  Ghosh, A K ^a   Siva Kumar, V ^a   Kishore Kumar, K ^a   Jain, A R ^a  

^a National MST Radar Facility   (India)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (climatology; tropical meteorology; turbulence)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844261086     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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