Operational models and drag-derived density trends in the thermosphere

Space Weather

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Moe, Kenneth ^a   Moe, Mildred M ^a  

^a Planetary and Space Science Division   (United States)

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EID: 79957517266     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010SW000650     Document Type: Article

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