Wave-driven variability in the ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere system from TIMED observations: What contributes to the "wave 4"?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Oberheide, J ^a   Forbes, J M ^b   Zhang, X ^b   Bruinsma, S L ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c CNES   (France)

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EID: 78751523380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015911     Document Type: Article

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