Ionospheric ion temperature climate and upper atmospheric long-term cooling

It is now recognized that Earth's upper atmosphere is experiencing a long-term cooling over the past several solar cycles. The potential impact of the cooling on societal activities is significant, but a fundamental scientific question exists regarding the drivers of the cooling. New observatio...

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Main Authors: Nicolls, Michael J., McCready, Mary, Kelly, John, Zhang, Shun-Rong, Holt, John M, Erickson, Philip J, Goncharenko, Larisa
Other Authors: Haystack Observatory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/107625