Interplanetary control of thermospheric densities during large magnetic storms

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-287

  Burke, William J ^a   Huang, Cheryl Y ^a   Marcos, Frank A ^a   Wise, John O ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric fields; Forecasting; Ionosphere atmosphere interactions; Magnetic storms; Thermosphere density distribution

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INTERPLANETARY CONTROL; MAGNETIC STORMS; THERMOSPHERE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY;

EID: 33847150011     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.05.027     Document Type: Article

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