Thermospheric meridional winds in the vicinity of the auroral zone : Observations and modelling

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-226

  Leontyev, S V ^a   Namgaladze, A A ^a,b   Namgaladze, A N ^a   Bogdanov, N N ^a  

^a POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b MURMANSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORAL ZONE; IONOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0031777258     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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