Assimilation of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC electron density profiles into a coupled thermosphere/ionosphere model using ensemble Kalman filtering

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Lee, I T ^a,b   Matsuo, T ^c,d   Richmond, A D ^b   Liu, J Y ^a,e   Wang, W ^b   Lin, C H ^f   Anderson, J L ^g   Chen, M Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84867628159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA017700     Document Type: Article

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