Record-low thermospheric density during the 2008 solar minimum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Emmert, J T ^a   Lean, J L ^a   Picone, J M ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC OXYGEN; DENSITY ANOMALIES; DRAG EFFECTS; MASS DENSITIES; NUMBER DENSITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR MINIMA; SPACE OBJECTS; THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY; TOTAL MASS DENSITY;

OXYGEN;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; DATABASE; DENSITY; OXYGEN; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 77954420888     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043671     Document Type: Article

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