Modelling high-latitude electron densities with a coupled thermosphere-ionosphere model

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1391-1402

  Schoendorf, J ^a   Aylward, A D ^a   Moffett, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2842551360     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-996-1391-x     Document Type: Article

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