3-D GCM modelling of thermospheric nitric oxide during the 2003 Halloween storm

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2403-2412

  Dobbin, A L ^a   Griffin, E M ^a   Aylward, A D ^a   Millward, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; NITRIC OXIDE; THERMOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 33751087201     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2403-2006     Document Type: Article

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