An empirical relation to correct storm-time thermospheric mass density modeled by NRLMSISE-00 with CHAMP satellite air drag data

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 819-828

  Zhou, Y L ^a   Ma, S Y ^a   Luhr H ^b   Xiong, C ^a   Reigber, C ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

CHAMP accelerometer; Joule heating; Magnetic storm; Ring current index; Thermospheric model; Total mass density

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; CALIBRATION; DRAG; GEOMAGNETISM; JOULE HEATING; LINEAR REGRESSION;

CHAMP ACCELEROMETER; MAGNETIC STORMS; RING CURRENT INDEX; THERMOSPHERIC MODEL; TOTAL MASS DENSITY;

STORMS;

EID: 59949098340     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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