Directional trends in thermospheric neutral winds observed at Arecibo during the past three solar cycles

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Tepley, C A ^a   Robles, E ^a   Garcia R ^a   Santos, P T ^a   Brum, C M ^a   Burnside, R G ^a  

^a Arecibo Observatory   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 79959521757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016172     Document Type: Article

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