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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-513-2013
© Author(s) 2013. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Exospheric hydrogen density distributions for equinox and summer solstice observed with TWINS1/2 during solar minimum
J. H. Zoennchen
Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Astrophysics Department, University of Bonn, Auf dem Huegel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
U. Nass
Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Astrophysics Department, University of Bonn, Auf dem Huegel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
H. J. Fahr
Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Astrophysics Department, University of Bonn, Auf dem Huegel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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