Thermospheric heating by high-speed streams in the solar wind

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Burke, W J ^a,b   Gentile, L C ^a   Hagan, M P ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77954396246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014585     Document Type: Article

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