Cooling rate of thermal electrons by electron impact excitation of fine structure levels of atomic oxygen

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 919-924

  Pavlov, A V ^a   Berrington, K A ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (thermosphere composition and density); Ionosphere (mid latitude ionosphere; modelling and forecasting)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033469446     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-999-0919-2     Document Type: Article

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