Search Results - "Drob, D. P."
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NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole‐Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities
Published in Earth and space science (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-03-2021)“…NRLMSIS® 2.0 is an empirical atmospheric model that extends from the ground to the exobase and describes the average observed behavior of temperature, eight…”
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A computationally compact representation of Magnetic-Apex and Quasi-Dipole coordinates with smooth base vectors
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (01-08-2010)“…Many structural and dynamical features of the ionized and neutral upper atmosphere are strongly organized by the geomagnetic field, and several magnetic…”
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Nightside Detection of a Large‐Scale Thermospheric Wave Generated by a Solar Eclipse
Published in Geophysical research letters (28-04-2018)“…The generation of a large‐scale wave in the upper atmosphere caused by a solar eclipse was first predicted in the 1970s, but the experimental evidence remains…”
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NRLMSISE-00 empirical model of the atmosphere: Statistical comparisons and scientific issues
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics (01-12-2002)“…The new NRLMSISE‐00 empirical atmospheric model extends from the ground to the exobase and is a major upgrade of the MSISE‐90 model in the thermosphere. The…”
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SAMI3 Simulations of Ionospheric Metallic Layers at Arecibo
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-03-2020)“…Abstract The Naval Research Laboratory Sami3 is Also a Model of the Ionosphere (SAMI3) ionosphere/plasmasphere code is used to examine the physics of metallic…”
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An empirical model of the Earth's horizontal wind fields: HWM07
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics (01-12-2008)“…The new Horizontal Wind Model (HWM07) provides a statistical representation of the horizontal wind fields of the Earth's atmosphere from the ground to the…”
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Coupling From the Middle Atmosphere to the Exobase: Dynamical Disturbance Effects on Light Chemical Species
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-10-2020)“…This paper characterizes the impacts of sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) and mesospheric coolings (MCs) on the light species distribution (i.e., helium…”
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Investigation of the causes of the longitudinal variation of the electron density in the Weddell Sea Anomaly
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-06-2017)“…This paper investigates and quantifies the causes of the Weddell Sea Anomaly (WSA), a region near the tip of South America extending from approximately 30° to…”
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Attribution of interminima changes in the global thermosphere and ionosphere
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-08-2014)“…We present a statistical attribution analysis of the changes in global annual average thermospheric mass density and ionospheric total electron content (TEC)…”
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Observations of increasing carbon dioxide concentration in Earth’s thermosphere
Published in Nature geoscience (01-12-2012)“…Above an altitude of about 50 km, carbon dioxide is the primary radiative cooling agent. Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide mixing ratios derived from…”
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Calculating the absorption of HF radio waves in the ionosphere
Published in Radio science (01-06-2017)“…It has long been known that the ionospheric absorption of HF radio waves is dependent on the electron density in the ionosphere. This paper examines two…”
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DWM07 global empirical model of upper thermospheric storm-induced disturbance winds
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics (01-11-2008)“…We present a global empirical disturbance wind model (DWM07) that represents average geospace‐storm‐induced perturbations of upper thermospheric (200–600 km…”
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Infrasound: Connecting the Solid Earth, Oceans, and Atmosphere
Published in Annual review of earth and planetary sciences (01-01-2012)“…The recently reinvigorated field of infrasonics is poised to provide insight into atmospheric structure and the physics of large atmospheric phenomena, just as…”
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A method for specifying atmospheric gravity wavefields for long-range infrasound propagation calculations
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (27-05-2013)“…Two important challenges in infrasound propagation physics are (1) to explain frequently observed infrasound signals in the classical near‐field shadow zones…”
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NRLMSIS 2.1: An Empirical Model of Nitric Oxide Incorporated Into MSIS
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-10-2022)“…We have developed an empirical model of nitric oxide (NO) number density at altitudes from ∼73 km to the exobase, as a function of altitude, latitude, day of…”
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Origins of the Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Semiannual Oscillation: Reformulating the “Thermospheric Spoon” Mechanism
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-01-2018)“…We demonstrate how Earth's obliquity generates the global thermosphere‐ionosphere (T‐I) semiannual oscillation (SAO) in mass density and electron density…”
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Middle atmosphere dynamical sources of the semiannual oscillation in the thermosphere and ionosphere
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-01-2017)“…The strong global semiannual oscillation (SAO) in thermospheric density has been observed for five decades, but definitive knowledge of its source has been…”
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On the Effects of Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric Oxygen Chemistry on the Thermosphere and Ionosphere Semiannual Oscillation
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-03-2021)“…This study quantifies mesosphere/lower thermosphere (MLT) oxygen chemical contributions to the global thermosphere‐ionosphere (T‐I) semiannual oscillation…”
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Understanding Nighttime Ionospheric Depletions Associated With Sudden Stratospheric Warmings in the American Sector
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-06-2023)“…This study focuses on understanding what drives the previously observed deep nighttime ionospheric hole in the American sector during the January 2013 sudden…”
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An Intercomparison of VLF and Sounding Rocket Techniques for Measuring the Daytime D Region Ionosphere: Theoretical Implications
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics (01-10-2018)“…We compare the two approaches that have been used to measure the lowermost ionosphere, the measurement of the propagation of very low frequency (VLF) radio…”
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