Equatorial temperature anomaly during solar minimum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A11, 2001, Pages 24777-24783

  Suhasini, R ^a   Raghavarao, R ^a   Mayr, H G ^b   Hoegy, W R ^b   Wharton, L E ^b  

^a Nitya Laboratories Ltd   (India)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 39449098352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900089     Document Type: Article

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