Determination of the most pertinent EUV proxy for use in thermosphere modeling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Dudok De Wit, T ^a   Bruinsma, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GEOMAGNETISM; MODELS; SPECIFICATIONS;

DENSITY RECONSTRUCTION; EMPIRICAL MODELING; ERROR REDUCTION; FORCINGS; LOW EARTH ORBITING SATELLITES; MULTISCALES; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; SOLAR EMISSION; SOLAR INPUT; THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY; THERMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; TRANSFER FUNCTION MODEL;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; IONIC COMPOSITION; LINEARITY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOSPHERE;

EID: 80053949456     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049028     Document Type: Article

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