Vertical wind distribution in the polar thermosphere during Horizontal e Region Experiment (HEX) campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A12, 2004, Pages

  Ishii, M ^a   Kubota, M ^a   Conde, M ^b   Smith, R W ^b   Krynicki, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; Fabry Perot interferometer observations; Joule heating; Neutral ion coupling; Vertical wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750619556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010657     Document Type: Article

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