Case study of the mesospheric and lower thermospheric effects of solar X-ray flares: Coupled ion-neutral modelling and comparison with EISCAT and riometer measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2311-2321

  Enell, C F ^a   Verronen, P T ^b   Beharrell, M J ^c   Vierinen, J P ^a   Kero, A ^a   Seppala A ^b   Honary, F ^c   Ulich, T ^a   Turunen, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RAY; ELECTRON DENSITY; ION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THERMOSPHERE; X-RAY;

EID: 49149104866     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-2311-2008     Document Type: Article

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