Measurement of the propagation speed of plasma inhomogeneities in the solar corona using an uplink/downlink cross-correlation method

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 617-628

  Wohlmuth, Rainer ^c   Plettemeier, Dirk ^c   Edenhofer, Peter ^c   Bird, Michael K ^b   Patzold, Martin ^d   Asmar, Sami W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; NASA; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT; SPEED; TRAVEL TIME; PLASMAS; RADIO LINKS; SATELLITE LINKS; SUN;

CROSS CORRELATION METHODS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEEP SPACE NETWORKS; PLASMA CONTRIBUTION; ROUND TRIP TRAVEL TIME; SPATIAL SEPARATION; ULYSSES SPACECRAFT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN PLASMA;

SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR OCCULTATION; UPLINK/DOWNLINK CROSS CORRELATION METHOD;

EID: 0031097362     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS03448     Document Type: Article

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