Climatologies of nighttime upper thermospheric winds measured by ground-based Fabry-Perot interferometers during geomagnetically quiet conditions: 2. High-latitude circulation and interplanetary magnetic field dependence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Emmert, J T ^a   Hernandez, G ^b   Jarvis, M J ^c   Niciejewski, R J ^d   Sipler, D P ^e   Vennerstrom, S ^f  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 33947662955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011949     Document Type: Article

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