OVATION Prime-2013: Extension of auroral precipitation model to higher disturbance levels

Space Weather

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 368-379

  Newell, P T ^a   Liou, K ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Sotirelis, T ^a   Paxton, L J ^a   Mitchell, E J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora; forecasting; precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904185310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014SW001056     Document Type: Article

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