High performance computer methods applied to predictive space weather simulations

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1931-1937

  Clauer, C Robert ^a   Gombosi, Tamas I ^a   De Zeeuw, Darren L ^a   Ridley,, Aaron J ^a   Powell, Kenneth G ^a   Leer, Bram Van ^a   Stout, Quentin F ^a   Groth, Clinton P T ^b   Holzer, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

PREDICTIVE SPACE WEATHER SIMULATIONS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0034459656     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.902221     Document Type: Article

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