Assimilated observations of thermospheric winds, the aurora, and ionospheric currents over Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A6, 2001, Pages 10493-10508

  Conde, M ^a   Craven, J D ^a   Immel, T ^a,c   Hoch, E ^a   Stenbaek Nielsen, H ^a   Hallinan, T ^a   Smith, R W ^a   Olson, J ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Frank, L A ^b   Sigwarth, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 39449122262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000ja000135     Document Type: Article

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