On the hemispheric symmetry in thermospheric nitric oxide

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1545-1548

  Crowley, Geoff ^a   Ridley, Aaron ^a   Winningham, David ^a   Frahm, Rudy ^a   Sharber, Jim ^a   Russell III, Jim ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS; SOLAR RADIATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; IONOSPHERE;

CHARGED PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; HEMISPHERIC SYMMETRY; THERMOSPHERIC NITRIC OXIDE;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITRIC OXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LATITUDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THERMOSPHERE;

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; MAGNETIC COORDINATES; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; PARTICLE EFFECT; PARTICLE PRECIPITATION; SOLAR INFLUENCE;

EID: 0033153654     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900300     Document Type: Article

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