Southern hemisphere observations of a long-term decrease in F region altitude and thermospheric wind providing possible evidence for global thermospheric cooling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A9, 1998, Pages 20774-20787

  Jarvis, M J ^a   Jenkins, B ^a   Rodgers, G A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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