Altitude dependence of middle and low-latitude daytime thermospheric disturbance winds measured by WINDII

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A12, 2002, Pages

  Emmert, J T ^a,c   Fejer, B G ^a   Shepherd, G G ^b   Solheim, B H ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Geomagnetic storms; Thermosphere; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649111572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009646     Document Type: Article

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