Articles | Volume 33, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-561-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-33-561-2015
Regular paper
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26 May 2015
Regular paper |  | 26 May 2015

Ionization and NO production in the polar mesosphere during high-speed solar wind streams: model validation and comparison with NO enhancements observed by Odin-SMR

S. Kirkwood, A. Osepian, E. Belova, J. Urban, K. Pérot, and A. K. Sinha

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