A solar terminator wave in thermospheric wind and density simultaneously observed by CHAMP

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Huixin ^a   Liihr, Hermann ^b   Watanabe, Shigeto ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MAXIMA; OUT OF PHASE; SOLAR TERMINATORS; THERMOSPHERIC WINDS; WAVE SIGNATURES; WAVE STRUCTURES;

ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; DIEL VARIATION; THERMOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 67651102486     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038165     Document Type: Article

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