Short-term periodic features observed in the infrared cooling of the thermosphere and in solar and geomagnetic indexes from 2002 to 2009

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2123, 2010, Pages 3409-3419

  Mlynczak, Martin G ^a   Hunt, Linda A ^b   Kozyra, Janet U ^c   Iii, James M Russell ^d  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Infrared cooling; Solar terrestrial coupling; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ENERGY BALANCE; GEOMAGNETISM; NITRIC OXIDE; SOLAR WIND; TIME SERIES; WIND POWER;

EARTH'S THERMOSPHERE; ENERGY BUDGETS; GEOMAGNETIC INDICES; HIGH LATITUDES; INFRARED COOLING; INFRARED EMISSIONS; RADIATIVE COOLING; RADIO FLUX; SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR ROTATION; SOLAR WIND SPEED; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL COUPLING; THERMOSPHERE; TIME-PERIODS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 78149329115     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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