Cooperative wind observation in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere with foil chaff technique, the MU radar, and Yamagawa MF radar

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 719-729

  Murayama, Y ^a   Igarashi, K ^a   Nishimuta, I ^a   Yamazaki, R ^a   Oyama, K I ^b   Tsuda, T ^c   Nakamura, T ^c   Fukao, S ^c   Widdel, H U ^d   Schlegel, K ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 6744266666     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353230     Document Type: Article

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