Alfvén waves as a solar-interplanetary driver of the thermospheric disturbances

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 18895
• Main Authors: Guo, Jianpeng, Wei, Fengsi, Feng, Xueshang, Liu, Huixin, Wan, Weixing, Yang, Zhiliang, Xu, Jiyao, Liu, Chaoxu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.01.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/33/525/870; 639/766/525; 704/445/823; Atmosphere; Gravitational waves; Gravity; Gravity waves; Humanities and Social Sciences; Magnetic fields; multidisciplinary; Saturn; Science; Upper atmosphere; Waves

Alfvén waves have been proposed as an important mechanism for the heating of the Sun’s outer atmosphere and the acceleration of solar wind, but they are generally believed to have no significant impact on the Earth’s upper atmosphere under quiet geomagnetic conditions due to their highly fluctuating...