Internal gravity waves in the thermosphere during low and high solar activity: Simulation study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yiğit, Erdal ^a,b   Medvedev, Alexander S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 80053377888     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015106     Document Type: Article

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