Southern Argentina Agile Meteor Radar: System design and initial measurements of large-scale winds and tides

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Fritts, D C ^a   Janches, D ^a   Iimura, H ^a   Hocking, W K ^b   Mitchell, N J ^c   Stockwell, R G ^a   Fuller, B ^d   Vandepeer, B ^d   Hormaechea, J ^e   Brunini, C ^f   Levato, H ^g  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d Genesis Software Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^g Instituto de Ciencias Astronomicas de la Tierra y del Espacio ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; TIDES; WAVES;

ARGENTINA; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HEAD ECHOES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH-POWER; HOT SPOT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LARGE APERTURE; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; MEAN-WINDS; MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE; METEOR RADARS; MOMENTUM FLUX; MULTIPLE BEAM; OPERATING MODES; PLANETARY WAVES; RADAR DESIGN; RIO GRANDE; SCALE GRAVITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SYSTEM DESIGN; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; WAVE ACTIVITY;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

AMPLITUDE; GRAVITY WAVE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIDAR; MESOSPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; RADAR; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE ACTION; WIND PROFILE;

ARGENTINA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

EID: 77957596920     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD013850     Document Type: Article

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