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JOULE heating of the upper atmosphere can explain the fluctuations of orbital acceleration of artificial Earth satellites with geomagnetic disturbance1,2.
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COLE, K. Orbital Acceleration of Satellites during Geomagnetic Disturbance. Nature 194, 42 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194042b0
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