Effects of solar variability on thermosphere density from CHAMP accelerometer data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Guo, Jianpeng ^a,b   Wan, Weixing ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^c   Sutton, Eric ^c   Nerem, R Steven ^c   Woods, T N ^d   Bruinsma, Sean ^e   Liu, Libo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e CNES   (France)

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EID: 37249053818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012409     Document Type: Article

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