Research Article

Global Longitudinal Dependence Observation of the Neutral Wind and Ionospheric Density Distribution

Figure 2

The 60-day data average, into 5° longitude × 2.5° latitude bins, of the quiet periods ( ) zonal wind component observed by TIDI instrument onboard TIMED satellite at 105 km (left panels) and 110 km (right panels) altitudes in July and August 2008. Each panel represents different two-hour local time sector which is given at the top of each panel. The positive and negative components represent eastward and westward wind direction, respectively.
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