Average nighttime F region disturbance neutral winds measured by UARS WINDII: Initial results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Emmert, J T ^a   Fejer, B G ^b   Shepherd, G G ^c   Solheim, B H ^c  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

0358 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Thermosphere energy deposition; 2427 Ionosphere: Ionosphere atmosphere interactions (0335); 3309 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Climatology (1620); 3369 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Thermospheric dynamics (0358)

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOMAGNETISM; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY;

MAGNETIC COORDINATES; THERMOSPHERIC WINDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITE (UARS); WIND IMAGING INTERFEROMETER (WINDII);

WIND;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 14044266760     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021611     Document Type: Article

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