Behavior of the O+/H+ transition height during the extreme solar minimum of 2008

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Heelis, R A ^a   Coley, W R ^a   Burrell, A G ^a   Hairston, M R ^a   Earle, G D ^a   Perdue, M D ^a   Power, R A ^a   Harmon, L L ^a   Holt, B J ^a   Lippincott, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

EUV RADIATION; LOW LEVEL; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; NUMBER DENSITY; RADIO EMISSION; REFERENCE MODELS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR MINIMA; SOLAR RADIO EMISSION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CATION; HYDROGEN; IONOSPHERE; OXYGEN; RADIO WAVE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 72149120850     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038652     Document Type: Article

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