Local time and altitude variation of equatorial thermosphere midnight density maximum (MDM): San Marco drag balance measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-380

  Arduini, C ^a   Laneve, G ^a   Herrero, F A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EQUATORIAL THERMOSPHERE MIDNIGHT DENSITY MAXIMUM (MDM); VISCOUS DISSIPATION EFFECTS;

IONOSPHERE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALTITUDE VARIATION; BALANCE MEASUREMENT; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; EQUATORIAL THERMOSPHERE; IMPORTANT FEATURES; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

EID: 0031074814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00189     Document Type: Article

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