Ionospheric E-region response to solar-geomagnetic storms observed by TIMED/SABER and application to IRI storm-model development

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 715-728

  Mertens, Christopher J ^a   Mast, Jeffrey C ^b   Winick, Jeremy R ^c   Russell III, James M ^d   Mlynczak, Martin G ^a   Evans, David S ^e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion neutral chemistry; Ionosphere; Magnetic storms; Non LTE; Radiation transfer

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INFRARED RADIATION; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STORMS;

ION-NEUTRAL CHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC STORMS; NON-LTE; RADIATION TRANSFER; SOLAR STORMS; VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EID: 34248585753     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.09.032     Document Type: Article

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