The effect of periodic variations of thermospheric density on CHAMP and GRACE orbits

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Xu, Jiyao ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^b   Lei, Jiuhou ^c   Sutton, E K ^d   Chen, Guangming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 79951859749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015995     Document Type: Article

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