Ionosphere/thermosphere heating determined from dynamic magnetosphere-ionosphere/thermosphere coupling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Tu, Jiannan ^a   Song, Paul ^a   Vasylinas, Vytenis M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 80053029130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016620     Document Type: Review

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