Thermospheric density enhancements in the dayside cusp region during strong BY conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Crowley, G ^a,b   Knipp, D J ^c   Drake, K A ^d   Lei, J ^e   Sutton, E ^f   Luhr H ^g  

^a ASTRA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^f AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

modeling; neutral density; thermosphere

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MODELS;

ASSIMILATIVE MAPPING OF IONOSPHERIC ELECTRODYNAMICS; CHALLENGING MINISATELLITE PAYLOADS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NEUTRAL DENSITIES; THERMOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE; THERMOSPHERIC DENSITY; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 85082753722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL042143     Document Type: Article

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