High-latitude upgrade to the Wideband ionospheric scintillation model

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1567-1574

  Secan, J A ^a   Bussey, R M ^a   Fremouw, E J ^a   Basu, S ^b,c  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAMMALS; SCINTILLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; IONOSPHERE; STATISTICS;

DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH LATITUDES; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; IRREGULARITY STRENGTH; SATELLITE BEACONS; SPATIAL AREA; SUNSPOT NUMBER;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); SATELLITES;

WIDEBAND IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION MODEL; WIDEBAND SCINTILLATION MODE COMPUTER CODE;

EID: 0031186228     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00453     Document Type: Article

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