Thermospheric nitric oxide variability induced by nonmigrating tides

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Oberheide, Joberh ^a   Forbes, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; OXIDES; TIDES;

AIRGLOW EMISSIONS; LOWER THERMOSPHERES; NEUTRAL GAS DENSITIES; NONMIGRATING TIDES; PEAK VALUES; TIME USING; WAVE NUMBERS;

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MESOSPHERE; NITRIC OXIDE; THERMOSPHERE; TIDE;

EID: 56449091612     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034825     Document Type: Article

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