Modeling studies of the impact of high-speed streams and co-rotating interaction regions on the thermosphere-ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Burns, Alan G ^a   Emery, Barbara A ^a   Mlynczak, Martin G ^b   Qian, Liying ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^a   Weimer, Daniel R ^c   Wiltberger, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864863394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017417     Document Type: Article

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