An updated climatology of thermospheric neutral winds and F region ion drifts above Millstone Hill

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 104, Issue A11, 1999, Pages 24675-24687

  Buonsanto, M J ^a   Witasse, O G ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0001342060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999ja900345     Document Type: Review

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