A possible cause for the generation of unusually strong ~20- and 30-hour oscillations in the neutral wind of the lower thermosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1385-1396

  Beard, A G ^a   Pancheva, D ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETARY WAVE; THERMOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 0033511449     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(99)00098-X     Document Type: Article

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