Solar-terrestrial coupling: Solar soft x-rays and thermospheric nitric oxide

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1251-1254

  Earth, Charles A ^a   Bailey, Scott M ^a,b   Solomon, Stanley C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; NITRIC OXIDE; SUN; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORBITS; PHOTODIODES; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY;

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; INPUT PARAMETER; PHOTOCHEMICAL MODELING; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ROTATION; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL COUPLING; STUDENT NITRIC OXIDE EXPLORERS; TIME-VARYING COMPONENTS;

TROPICS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ROTATION; SOLAR SOFT X RAY; STUDENT NITRIC OXIDE EXPLORER; THERMOSPHERIC NITRIC OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; IRRADIANCE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0033134287     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999gl900237     Document Type: Article

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