Solar flare impacts on ionospheric electrodyamics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

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

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PHOTOIONIZATION;

EQUATORIAL REGIONS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; INITIAL STAGES; MAGNETIC EQUATOR; PEAK HEIGHT; SOLAR FLARE; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; USE-MODEL;

IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZENITH ANGLE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84858682585     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051102     Document Type: Article

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