Simulations of the upper atmospheres of the terrestrial planets

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 130, Issue , 2002, Pages 261-288

  Bougher, Stephen W ^a   Roble, Raymond G ^b   Fuller Rowell, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84951810226     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/130GM17     Document Type: Chapter

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