Articles | Volume 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-12-197-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-12-197-2014
10 Nov 2014
 | 10 Nov 2014

Geometric considerations of polar mesospheric summer echoes in tilted beams using coherent radar imaging

S. Sommer, G. Stober, J. L. Chau, and R. Latteck

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