On the response of the exospheric temperature to the auroral heating impulse during geomagnetic disturbances

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1237-1244

  Bhatnagar, V P ^a,c   Tan, A ^a   Ramachandaran, R ^b  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auroral heat input; Exospheric temperature; Geomagnetic disturbances; Thermosphere ionosphere magnetosphere coupling; Thermospheric temperature; Upper atmospheric heating

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT CONDUCTION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WIND;

AURORAL HEAT INPUT; EXOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES; THERMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; UPPER ATMOSPHERIC HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AURORA; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 33745209691     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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