Duration of an ionospheric data assimilation initialization of a coupled thermosphere-ionosphere model

Space Weather

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Jee, G ^a   Burns, A G ^a   Wang, W ^a   Solomon, S C ^a   Schunk, R W ^b   Scherliess, L ^b   Thompson, D C ^b   Sojka, J J ^b   Zhu, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 40949085281     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006SW000250     Document Type: Article

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