Evaluation of OVATION Prime as a forecast model for visible aurorae

Space Weather

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  MacHol, Janet L ^a,b   Green, Janet C ^a   Redmon, Robert J ^a   Viereck, Rodney A ^c   Newell, Patrick T ^d  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858633982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011SW000746     Document Type: Article

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