Validating the performance of the Empirical Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (E-CHAIM) with in situ observations from DMSP and CHAMP | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

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Issue		J. Space Weather Space Clim. Volume 9, 2019


Article Number		A21
Number of page(s)		14
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2019021
Published online		21 June 2019

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