A large vertical wind in the thermosphere at the auroral oval/polar cap boundary seen simultaneously from Mawson and Davis, Antarctica

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1047-1058

  Innis, J L ^a   Greet, P A ^a   Murphy, D J ^a   Conde, M G ^b   Dyson, P L ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTROMETER; THERMOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033369473     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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