Atmospheric drag effects on the KOMPSAT-1 satellite during geomagnetic superstorms

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Kim, K H ^a   Moon, Y J ^a   Cho, K S ^a   Kim, H D ^b   Park, J Y ^a  

^a Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmospheric drag; Geomagnetic storm; Space weather

Indexed keywords

DRAG; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; ORBITAL FORCING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 33947534519     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bf03351968     Document Type: Article

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