An evaluation of the turbopause altitude using n(He) observed at perigees of AE-D satellite

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 762-766

  Shen, Chang Shou ^a   Zi, Min Yun ^a   Wang, Jing Song ^a   Wang, Ying Jian ^b   Xu, Ji Yao ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric density; Diffusive separation; Mixing; Perigee; Turbopause

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 12944258909     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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