A performance evaluation of the operational Jet Propulsion Laboratory/University of Southern California Global Assimilation Ionospheric Model (JPL/USC GAIM)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 110, Issue A12, 2005, Pages

  Mandrake, L ^a   Wilson, B ^a   Wang, C ^b   Hajj, G ^a   Mannucci, A ^a   Pi, X ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33845749521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JA011170     Document Type: Article

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