Thermospheric global average density trends, 1967-2007, derived from orbits of 5000 near-Earth objects

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Emmert, John T ^a   Picone, J M ^a   Meier, R R ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GEOMAGNETISM; IRRADIATION; MAGNETOSPHERE; SOLAR RADIATION;

NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; THERMOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERIC GLOBAL AVERAGE DENSITY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; IRRADIANCE; SOLAR CYCLE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 43549091365     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032809     Document Type: Article

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