A "tongue" of neutral composition

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 15-16 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1457-1468

  Burns, A G ^a   Wang, W ^a   Killeen, T L ^a   Solomon, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Magnetosphere; MHD; Modeling; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMAGNETISM; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

ION CONVENTION; NEUTRAL CONVECTION PATTERNS; THERMOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE NESTED GRID (TING) MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

EID: 7244253198     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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