Interannual and latitudinal variability of the thermosphere density annual harmonics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Guo, Jianpeng ^a,b   Wan, Weixing ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^c   Sutton, Eric ^c   Nerem, R Steven ^c   Bruinsma, Sean ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d CNES   (France)

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EID: 55849124422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013056     Document Type: Article

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