Comparison of COSMIC ionospheric measurements with ground-based observations and model predictions: Preliminary results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Lei, Jiuhou ^a   Syndergaard, Stig ^b   Burns, Alan G ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^a   Zeng, Zhen ^a,b   Roble, Raymond G ^a   Wu, Qian ^a   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^b   Holt, John M ^c   Zhang, Shun Rong ^c   Hysell, David L ^d   Rodrigues, Fabiano S ^d   Lin, Chien H ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

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EID: 34548595647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012240     Document Type: Article

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