Intercomparison of physical models and observations of the ionosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 103, Issue A2, 1998, Pages 2179-2192

  Anderson, D N ^a   Buonsanto, M J ^b   Codrescu, M ^c   Decker, D ^d   Fesen, C G ^e   Fuller Rowell, T J ^c   Reinisch, B W ^f,j   Richards, P G ^g   Roble, R G ^h   Schunk, R W ⁱ   Sojka, J J ⁱ  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^g Computer Science Department University of Alabama ^*  (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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