A solar terminator wave in thermosphere neutral densities measured by the CHAMP satellite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Forbes, Jeffrey M ^a   Bruinsma, Sean L ^b   Miyoshi, Yasunubo ^c   Fujiwara, Hitoshi ^d  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b CNES   (France)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS;

ANALYTIC THEORY; DENSITY PERTURBATIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; IONOSPHERIC WAVES; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHASE FRONTS; SOLAR MAXIMUM; SOLAR MINIMUM; WAVE AMPLITUDES;

SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; IONOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUMMER; THERMOSPHERE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 53749108478     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034075     Document Type: Article

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