Neutral hydrogen density profiles derived from geocoronal imaging

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Ostgaard N ^a   Mende, S B ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Gladstone, G R ^b   Lauche, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earth's atmosphere; Exosphere; Geocorona; Imaging; Neutral hydrogen density

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645812960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009749     Document Type: Article

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