Extreme Poynting flux in the dayside thermosphere: Examples and statistics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Knipp, D ^a,b   Eriksson, S ^c   Kilcommons, L ^b   Crowley, G ^d   Lei, J ^a   Hairston, M ^e   Drake, K ^d  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates LLC ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR WIND;

DATA BASE; DATA SETS; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; HIGH RATE; HIGH-SPEED SOLAR WIND; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; KEY ELEMENTS; LOCAL TIME; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; POYNTING FLUX; TYPICAL VALUES;

MAGNETOSPHERE;

DATA SET; DATABASE; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLUX; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOPAUSE; MAGNETOSPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSPHERE; VECTOR;

EID: 80051646371     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048302     Document Type: Article

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