Solar and magnetospheric forcing of the low latitude thermospheric mass density as observed by CHAMP

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2087-2099

  Muller S ^a,c   Luhr H ^b   Rentz, S ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Pressure, density, and temperature); Ionosphere (Ionosphereatmosphere interactions); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Thermospheric dynamics)

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DENSITY; MAGNETOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 74249084140     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2087-2009     Document Type: Article

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