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Interhemispheric transport of light neutral species in the thermosphere by Sutton, Eric K.

“…A mechanistic description of neutral species transport is presented, reconciling two long‐standing yet ostensibly incompatible interpretations of the…”
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Solar Flux Dependence of Upper Thermosphere Diurnal Variations: Observed and Modeled by Thayer, Jeffrey P., Waldron, Zachary C., Sutton, Eric K.

“…Upper thermosphere mass density over the declining phase of solar cycle 23 is investigated using a day‐to‐night ratio (DNR) of thermosphere properties to…”
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Satellite In Situ Electron Density Observations of the Midlatitude Storm Enhanced Density on the Noon Meridional Plane in the F Region During the 20 November 2003 Magnetic Storm by Lin, Chin S., Sutton, Eric K., Wang, Wenbin, Cai, Xuguang, Liu, Guiping, Henney, Carl J., Cooke, David L.

“…Ionospheric storm enhanced density (SED) has been extensively investigated using total electron content deduced from GPS ground and satellite‐borne receivers…”
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Thermosphere modeling capabilities assessment: geomagnetic storms by Bruinsma, Sean, Boniface, Claude, Sutton, Eric K., Fedrizzi, Mariangel

“…The specification and prediction of density fluctuations in the thermosphere, especially during geomagnetic storms, is a key challenge for space weather…”
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Rotating solar coronal holes and periodic modulation of the upper atmosphere by Lei, Jiuhou, Thayer, Jeffrey P., Forbes, Jeffrey M., Sutton, Eric K., Nerem, R. Steven

“…We report discovery of a solar‐terrestrial connection between rotating solar coronal holes and density variations in Earth's thermosphere. Specifically, during…”
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A model of high-latitude thermospheric density by Yamazaki, Yosuke, Kosch, Michael J., Sutton, Eric K.

“…We present an empirical model of the high‐latitude air density at 450 km, derived from accelerometer measurements by the CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload and…”
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North-south asymmetry of the high-latitude thermospheric density: IMF BY effect by Yamazaki, Yosuke, Kosch, Michael J., Sutton, Eric K.

“…Previous studies have established that the y component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF By) plays a role in the north‐south asymmetry of the…”
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Annual and semiannual variations of thermospheric density: EOF analysis of CHAMP and GRACE data by Lei, Jiuhou, Matsuo, Tomoko, Dou, Xiankang, Sutton, Eric, Luan, Xiaoli

“…In this paper, observations from CHAMP and GRACE during 2002–2010 are used to study the seasonal variations of thermospheric density by characterizing the…”
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A self-consistent model of helium in the thermosphere by Sutton, Eric K., Thayer, Jeffrey P., Wang, Wenbin, Solomon, Stanley C., Liu, Xianjing, Foster, Benjamin T.

“…We have found that consideration of neutral helium as a major species leads to a more complete physics‐based modeling description of the Earth's upper…”
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Global thermospheric density variations caused by high-speed solar wind streams during the declining phase of solar cycle 23 by Lei, Jiuhou, Thayer, Jeffrey P., Forbes, Jeffrey M., Sutton, Eric K., Nerem, R. Steven, Temmer, Manuela, Veronig, Astrid M.

“…Thermosphere densities at 400 km altitude from accelerometer measurements on the CHAMP satellite are used to investigate oscillations at periods of less than…”
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Rapid recovery of thermosphere density during the October 2003 geomagnetic storms by Lei, Jiuhou, Thayer, Jeffrey P., Lu, Gang, Burns, Alan G., Wang, Wenbin, Sutton, Eric K., Emery, Barbara A.

“…Thermosphere densities from the CHAMP and GRACE satellites are utilized, for the first time, to study the recovery of the thermosphere as a function of…”
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Ionosphere-thermosphere (IT) response to solar wind forcing during magnetic storms by Huang, Cheryl Yu-Ying, Huang, Yanshi, Su, Yi-Jiun, Sutton, Eric K., Hairston, Marc Rotan, Coley, William Robin

“…During magnetic storms, there is a strong response in the ionosphere and thermosphere which occurs at polar latitudes. Energy input in the form of Poynting…”
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The winter helium bulge revisited by Liu, Xianjing, Wang, Wenbin, Thayer, Jeffrey P., Burns, Alan, Sutton, Eric, Solomon, Stanley C., Qian, Liying, Lucas, Greg

“…A newly implemented helium module in the National Center for Atmospheric Research‐Thermosphere Ionosphere Electrodynamics general circulation model offers the…”
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Effects of solar variability on thermosphere density from CHAMP accelerometer data by Guo, Jianpeng, Wan, Weixing, Forbes, Jeffrey M., Sutton, Eric, Nerem, R. Steven, Woods, T. N., Bruinsma, Sean, Liu, Libo

“…Thermosphere densities near 410 km altitude inferred from accelerometer measurements on the Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) satellite are analyzed…”
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Storm-time variability of terrestrial hydrogen exosphere: kinetic simulation results by Connor, Hyunju K., Jung, Jaewoong, Qian, Liying, Sutton, Eric K., Cucho-Padin, Gonzalo, Crow, Morgen, Lee, Sang-Yun

“…Recent studies of TWINS Lyman- α observations have reported an increase in geocoronal column brightness during geomagnetic storms, indicating enhanced…”
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Interannual and latitudinal variability of the thermosphere density annual harmonics by Guo, Jianpeng, Wan, Weixing, Forbes, Jeffrey M., Sutton, Eric, Nerem, R. Steven, Bruinsma, Sean

“…In this paper we investigate the intra‐annual variation in thermosphere neutral density near 400 km using 4 years (2002–2005) of CHAMP measurements. The…”
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Longitudinal structures in the equatorial ionosphere during deep solar minimum by Huang, Cheryl Y., Delay, Susan H., Roddy, Patrick A., Sutton, Eric K., Stoneback, R.

“…The plasma densities detected by the Planar Langmuir Probe (PLP) on board the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite have been…”
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Periodic structures in the equatorial ionosphere by Huang, Cheryl Y., Delay, Susan H., Roddy, Patrick A., Sutton, Eric K.

“…The plasma densities detected by the Planar Langmuir Probe (PLP) on board the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite have been…”
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Reversed ionospheric convections during the November 2004 storm: Impact on the upper atmosphere by Deng, Yue, Lu, Gang, Kwak, Young-Sil, Sutton, Eric, Forbes, Jeffrey, Solomon, Stan

“…Using the Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics (AMIE) procedure, a particular period (2000–2350 UT on 9 November) in the November 2004 storm is…”
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Thermospheric density oscillations due to periodic solar wind high-speed streams by Thayer, Jeffrey P., Lei, Jiuhou, Forbes, Jeffrey M., Sutton, Eric K., Nerem, R. Steven

“…We report on periodic oscillations in thermosphere density, measured by the accelerometer on the CHAMP satellite during 2006, and relate these periodicities to…”
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