Response of the middle atmosphere to the solar proton events of August–December, 1989

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1019-1022

  Reid, G C ^a   Solomon, S ^a   Garcia, R R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONISATION RATE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTON EVENT; REACTIVE NITROGEN; SOLAR PROTON; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

EID: 0026300506     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/91GL01049     Document Type: Article

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