Substorm-related thermospheric density and wind disturbances derived from CHAMP observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1207-1220

  Ritter, P ^a   Luhr H ^a   Doornbos, E ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (ionosphere atmosphere interactions); Magnetospheric physics (storms and substorms); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (thermospheric dynamics)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CORIOLIS FORCE; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77953094128     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1207-2010     Document Type: Article

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