Quasibiennial variations in the temperatures of the mesopause and lower thermosphere and solar activity

Geomagnetism and Aeronomy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-195

  Fadel, Kh M ^a   Semenov, A I ^b   Shefov, N N ^b   Sukhodoev, V A ^b   Martsvaladze, N M ^c  

^a Institute for Space Physics   (Sweden)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOPAUSE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 0036255066     PISSN: 00167932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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