Evaluation of the DTM-2009 thermosphere model for benchmarking purposes

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bruinsma, Sean L ^a   Sánchez Ortiz, Noelia ^b   Olmedo, Estrella ^b   Guijarro, Nuria ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b DEIMOS SPACE S L U   (Spain)

Author keywords

Density modeling; Orbit determination; Satellite drag; Temperature modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889768704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21157251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2012005     Document Type: Article

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