On the relationship of Joule heating and nitric oxide radiative cooling in the thermosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Lu, G ^a   Mlynczak, M G ^b   Hunt, L A ^c   Woods, T N ^d   Roble, R G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 77952370680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014662     Document Type: Article

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