Simulations of the thermospheric response to the diffuse aurora using a three-dimensional high-resolution model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A4, 2003, Pages

  Parish, H F ^a   Walterscheid, R L ^b,c   Jones, P W ^d   Lyons, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse aurora; E region; Neutral dynamics; Simulation; Tides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905359654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009610     Document Type: Article

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