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Solar cycle, seasonal, and asymmetric dependencies of thermospheric mass density disturbances due to magnetospheric forcing
Andres Calabia
School of Remote Sensing and Geomatics Engineering, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Shanghai, 200030, China
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder,CO 80309-0431, USA
Shuanggen Jin
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Remote Sensing and Geomatics Engineering, Nanjing University
of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Shanghai, 200030, China
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Short summary
Atmospheric drag due to mass density distribution, particularly during storm-time, is of great importance for low Earth orbit precise orbit determination, and for the understanding of magnetosphere–ionosphere–thermosphere phenomena. In this paper, we investigate solar cycle, seasonal, and hemispheric asymmetry dependencies of thermospheric mass density disturbances due to magnetospheric forcing, from 10-year (2003–2013) continuous time series of GRACE estimates.
Atmospheric drag due to mass density distribution, particularly during storm-time, is of great...
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