Energy transport in the thermosphere during the solar storms of April 2002

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Mlynczak, Martin G ^a   Martin Torres, F Javier ^b   Crowley, Geoff ^c   Kratz, David P ^a   Funke, Bernd ^d   Lu, Gang ^e   Lopez Puertas, Manuel ^d   Russell, James M ^f   Kozyra, Janet ^g   Mertens, Chris ^a   Sharma, Ramesh ^h   Gordley, Larry ⁱ   Picard, Richard ^h   Winick, Jeremy ^h   Paxton, Larry ^j  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ G and A Technical Software   (United States)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33845674289     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011141     Document Type: Article

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