The thermospheric semiannual density response to solar EUV heating

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1482-1496

  Bowman, Bruce R ^a   Kent Tobiska, W ^b   Kendra, Michael J ^c  

^a Peterson AFB   (United States)

^b Space Environment Technologies ^*  (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutral density; Semiannual variation; Solar EUV; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEATING; ORBITS; SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

DENSITY RESPONSE; DENSITY VALUES; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE (EDR); FOURIER; MINIMUM PHASE; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; ORBIT PERTURBATIONS; SEMIANNUAL VARIATIONS; SOLAR INDICES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 48149107874     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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