Global thermospheric density variations caused by high-speed solar wind streams during the declining phase of solar cycle 23

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Lei, Jiuhou ^a   Thayer, Jeffrey P ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^a   Sutton, Eric K ^a   Nerem, R Steven ^a   Temmer, Manuela ^b   Veronig, Astrid M ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 58749102098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013433     Document Type: Article

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