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L. E. Wharton
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 24
Citations - 1345
L. E. Wharton is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Thermosphere & Equator. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 24 publications receiving 1316 citations.
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Observations of the Dynamics of the Polar Thermosphere
Paul B. Hays,Timothy L. Killeen,Nelson W. Spencer,L. E. Wharton,Raymond G. Roble,Barbara A. Emery,Tim Fuller-Rowell,David Rees,L. A. Frank,John D. Craven +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the dynamics of the polar thermosphere were examined by using observations made from the Dynamics Explorer 2 satellite and the results used in this study were obtained primarily from the Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) and the wind and temperature spectrometer (WATS).
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Neutral winds in the polar thermosphere as measured from Dynamics Explorer
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) and wind and temperature spectrometer (WATS) on the Dynamics Explorer Satellite (DE) to measure the meridional component of the neutral wind below the spacecraft.
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The midnight temperature maximum in the Earth's equatorial thermosphere
TL;DR: In this paper, in situ direct measurements of regularly observed thermosphere neutral particle (i.e., N2) temperature maxima that occur predominantly after midnight were made using the Neutral Atmosphere Temperature Instrument aboard the Atmosphere Explorer-E in circular orbit at about 275 km.
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Thermosphere zonal winds - Vertical motions and temperature as measured from Dynamics Explorer
TL;DR: In this paper, a global extent in situ measurements of upper thermosphere neutral particle winds were made using the Dynamics Explorer 2 for the first time, and the results showed that the velocities range from near zero to a few hundred meters per second.
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Tides and the midnight temperature anomaly in the thermosphere
Hans G. Mayr,Isadore Harris,Nelson W. Spencer,A. E. Hedin,L. E. Wharton,H. S. Porter,J. C. G. Walker,H. C. Carlson +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a multiconstituent circulation model was used to analyze the midnight temperature anomaly observed on Atmosphere Explorer-E. The model showed that this feature and associated variations in composition are the result of a complex interaction between the semidiurnal tide generated in the lower atmosphere and ion-neutral momentum coupling associated with the diurnal variation of the ion density.