Anomalous behavior of the thermosphere during solar minimum observed by CHAMP and GRACE

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Bruinsma, Sean L ^a   Forbes, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

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EID: 78649736672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015605     Document Type: Article

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