Climatology of the nighttime equatorial thermospheric winds and temperatures over Brazil near solar minimum

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Meriwether, J W ^a   Makela, J J ^b   Huang, Y ^b   Fisher, D J ^b   Buriti, R A ^c   Medeiros, A F ^c   Takahashi, H ^d  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 79955608825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016477     Document Type: Article

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