The effect of carbon dioxide cooling on trends in the F2-layer ionosphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1592-1601

  Qian, Liying ^a   Burns, Alan G ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Roble, Raymond G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition (O N2); Dynamical forcing; Greenhouse effect; Ionospheric trends; Photochemical forcing; Plasma transport

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION (O/N2); DYNAMICAL FORCING; IONOSPHERIC TRENDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL FORCING; PLASMA TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSES; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS; SOLAR ENERGY;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 69249247059     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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