GCITEM-IGGCAS: A new global coupled ionosphere-thermosphere-electrodynamics model

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 2064-2076

  Ren, Zhipeng ^a,b,c   Wan, Weixing ^a   Liu, Libo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Global circulation models; Ionosphere; Modeling; Thermosphere

Indexed keywords

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL MODEL; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ION TEMPERATURE; IONOSPHERE MODELING; IONOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; NEUTRAL WINDS; NEW MODEL; NUMBER DENSITY; SIMULATION RESULT; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) STRUCTURES; TIME-DEPENDENT;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; GEOMAGNETISM; HELIUM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SIMULATORS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 71749106690     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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