The correspondence between thermospheric neutral densities and broadband measurements of the total solar soft X-ray flux

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Eastes, R ^a   Bailey, S ^b   Bowman, B ^c   Marcos, F ^d   Wise, J ^d   Woods, T ^e  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Peterson AFB   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

0355 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Thermosphere composition and chemistry; 0358 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Thermosphere energy deposition; 1241 Geodesy and Gravity: Satellite orbits; 7538 Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy: Solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; ORBITS; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; X RAYS;

NEUTRAL DENSITIES; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; STUDENT NITRIC OXIDE EXPLORER (SNOE); THERMOSPHERES;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

SOLAR ACTIVITY; X-RAY;

EID: 11044224916     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020801     Document Type: Article

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