Solar terminator wave and its relation to the atmospheric tide

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Miyoshi, Yasunobu ^a   Fujiwara, Hitoshi ^b   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^c   Bruinsma, Sean L ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^d Centre National DEtudes Spatiales   (France)

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EID: 71949104246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014110     Document Type: Article

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