Solar variability of the daytime atomic oxygen O(1S) emission in the middle and lower thermosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A3, 2004, Pages

  Maharaj Sharma, Rawatee ^a   Shepherd, Gordon G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic oxygen; Dayglow; E region; F region; Lyman beta; Solar indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 23544461441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA010183     Document Type: Article

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