Zonal-mean temperature variations inferred from SABER measurements on TIMED compared with UARS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Huang, Frank T ^a   Mayr, Hans G ^b   Reber, Carl A ^b   Russell, James ^c   Mlynczak, Marty ^d   Mengel, John ^e  

^a Creative Computing Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

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EID: 33947574519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011427     Document Type: Article

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