Nighttime thermospheric meridional winds at Cachoeira Paulista (23°S, 45°W): Evidence for effects of the equatorial midnight pressure bulge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 102, Issue A9, 1997, Pages 20059-20062

  Batista, Inez S ^a   Sastri, J H ^a,b   De Medeiros, R T ^a,c   Abdu, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

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EID: 37149024107     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JA01387     Document Type: Article

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