Climatologies of nighttime upper thermospheric winds measured by ground-based Fabry-Perot interferometers during geomagnetically quiet conditions: 1. Local time, latitudinal, seasonal, and solar cycle dependence

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Emmert, J T ^a   Faivre, M L ^b   Hernandez, G ^c   Jarvis, M J ^d   Meriwether, J W ^b   Niciejewski, R J ^e   Sipler, D P ^f   Tepley, C A ^g,h  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^h ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 84921425264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011948     Document Type: Article

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