Use of MST radars to probe the mesoscale structure of the tropopause
By: G. Vaughan, A. Howells and J. D. Price
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v47i5.11573 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 759 - 765
Submitted on: Aug 25, 1994
Accepted on: Jan 24, 1995
Published on: Jan 1, 1995
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1995 G. Vaughan, A. Howells, J. D. Price, published by Stockholm University Press
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