Variability of the lower thermosphere determined from satellite accelerometer data / Frank A. Marcos, Robert E. McInerney, Robert W. Fioretti.

An extensive atmospheric density data base has been developed using accelerometer results from four low altitude satellites. The altitude range of the data is from 250 km down to as low as 140 km, with latitude coverage from 90 N to 90 S and local time periods that cover several 24-hr cycles. The da...

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Main Author: Marcos, Frank A.
Corporate Author: U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
Other Authors: McInerney, Robert E., Fioretti, Robert W.
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Hanscom AFB, Mass. : Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1978.
Series:Environmental research papers (Hanscom AFB, Mass.) ; no. 633.
AFGL-TR ; 78-134.
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