Large-scale measurements of thermospheric dynamics with a multisite fabry-perot interferometer network: Overview of plans and results from midlatitude measurements

International Journal of Geophysics

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Makela, Jonathan J ^a   Meriwether, John W ^b   Ridley, Aaron J ^c   Ciocca, Marco ^d   Castellez, Michael W ^e  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; INTERFEROMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; THERMOSPHERE;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866241813     PISSN: 1687885X     EISSN: 16878868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/872140     Document Type: Review

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