Variations of hot O in the thermosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2829-2832

  Oliver, W L ^a   Schoenclorf, J ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; GEOMAGNETISM; IONS; OXYGEN; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; SOLAR RADIATION; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

THERMOSPHERE;

F REGION; IONOSPHERE;

THERMOSPHERE;

COLLISION CROSS SECTIONS; ION TEMPERATURE; MEASURED VALUES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; SOLAR MINIMA; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION; THERMAL QUENCHING;

EID: 0033568911     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900612     Document Type: Article

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