Thermospheric composition changes deduced from geomagnetic storm modeling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2625-2628

  Forster M ^c   Namgaladze, A A ^a,b   Yurik, R Y ^a,b  

^a MURMANSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; STORMS; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

FIELD ALIGNED CURRENT DENSITY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM MODELING; THERMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; TRAVELLING ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; COMPOSITION CHANGES; DIFFUSIVE EQUILIBRIUM; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS; IONOSPHERIC STORM; THERMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; STORMS;

GEOMAGNETIC STORM;

EID: 0343484955     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900514     Document Type: Article

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