A modified CTIP model and comparisons with DMSP satellite data

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1802, 2003, Pages 139-142

  Wilford, Christopher R ^a   Moffett, R J ^a   Rees, Julia M ^a   Heelis, Roderick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP); Helium ions; Ionosphere; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141923442     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1116     Document Type: Article

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