Predictive ability of four auroral precipitation models as evaluated using Polar UVI global images

Space Weather

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Newell, P T ^a   Sotirelis, T ^a   Liou, K ^a   Lee, A R ^a   Wing, S ^a   Green, J ^b   Redmon, R ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 78650265491     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010SW000604     Document Type: Article

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