Modeling and forecasting aurora

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Lummerzheim, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

MULTISCALE MODELING; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; SPACE WEATHER;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34548348155     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2007.103     Document Type: Article

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