Thermospheric zonal temperature gradients observed at low latitudes

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1133-1139

  Fagundes, P R ^a   Sahai, Y ^b   Bittencourt, J A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (airglow and aurora; thermosphere composition and chemistry); Ionosphere (equatorial ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844281992     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-1133-2001     Document Type: Article

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