A comparative study of ionospheric total electron content measurements using global ionospheric maps of GPS, TOPEX radar, and the Bent model

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1499-1512

  Ho, C M ^a   Wilson, B D ^a   Mannucci, A J ^a   Lindqwister, U J ^a   Yuan, D N ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ELECTRONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR RECEIVERS; RADAR SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

BENT MODEL; GLOBAL IONOSPHERIC MAPS; IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT MEASUREMENT;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; GLOBAL IONOSPHERIC MAPS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; IONOSPHERIC MAPPING; IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; TEMPORAL EXTRAPOLATIONS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; WORLD-WIDE NETWORKS;

EID: 0031185994     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00580     Document Type: Review

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