Model study on the formation of the equatorial mass density anomaly in the thermosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Miyoshi, Y ^a   Fujiwara, H ^b   Jin, H ^c   Shinagawa, H ^c   Liu, H ^d   Terada, K ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 79958034639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016315     Document Type: Article

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