Model simulations of global change in the ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Qian, Liying ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Roble, Raymond G ^a   Kane, Timothy J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGES; MODEL SIMULATIONS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; E REGION; ELECTRON DENSITY; F REGION; GLOBAL CHANGE; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 45549093049     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033156     Document Type: Article

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