The NCAR TIE-GCM: A community model of the coupled thermosphere/ionosphere system

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 201, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-83

  Qian, Liying ^a   Burns, Alan G ^a   Emery, Barbara A ^a   Foster, Benjamin ^a   Lu, Gang ^a   Maute, Astrid ^a   Richmond, Arthur D ^a   Roble, Raymond G ^a   Solomon, Stanley C ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84899509204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GM001297     Document Type: Article

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