Mean vertical wind in the mesosphere-lower thermosphere region (80-120 km) deduced from the WINDII observations on board UARS

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1221-1231

  Fauliot, V ^a   Thuillier, G ^a   Vial, F ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

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EID: 0642282235     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-997-1221-9     Document Type: Article

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