Thermospheric mass density specification using an ensemble Kalman filter

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1339-1350

  Matsuo, Tomoko ^a,b   Lee, I Te ^c,d   Anderson, Jeffrey L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

data assimilation; ionosphere; thermosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876946488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50162     Document Type: Article

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