Assessing models for ionospheric weather specifications over Australia during the 2004 Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth-System (CAWSES) campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Sojka, J J ^a   Thompson, D C ^a   Scherliess, L ^a   Schunk, R W ^a   Harris, T J ^b,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Land Operations Division Defense Science and Technology Organization   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

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EID: 36148936000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA012048     Document Type: Article

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