A statistical comparison of commonly used external magnetic field models

Space Weather

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  McCollough, J P ^a   Gannon, J L ^a,b   Baker, D N ^a   Gehmeyr, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77952620265     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008SW000391     Document Type: Article

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