Relative density variations at 120 km derived from tidal wind observations made by the UARS/WINDII instrument

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-20

  Bruinsma, Sean ^a   Vial, François ^b   Thuillier, Gérard ^c  

^a CNES   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Density variations; Tidal theory; Tidal winds; WINDII

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 0036143252     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(01)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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