Effect of the altitudinal variation of the gravitational acceleration on the thermosphere simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Deng, Yue ^a   Ridley, Aaron J ^b   Wang, Wenbin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 56749149419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013081     Document Type: Article

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