Flare location on the solar disk: Modeling the thermosphere and ionosphere response

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Qian, Liying ^a   Burns, Alan G ^a   Chamberlin, Phillip C ^b   Solomon, Stanley C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77956739892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015225     Document Type: Article

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