Total electron content over the Pan-American longitudes: March-April 1994

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1597-1605

  Doherty, Patricia H ^a   Anderson, David N ^b   Klobuchar, John A ^b,c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Total Electronic Concepts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CHAINS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETISM;

PEAK ELECTRON DENSITY; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE;

DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; DIFFERENTIAL CARRIER PHASE; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; LOW-LATITUDE IONOSPHERES; NAVIGATION-SATELLITE SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

EID: 0031189145     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00840     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Anderson, D. N., A theoretical study of the ionospheric F-region equatorial anomaly, I, Theory, Planet. Space Sci., 21, 409-419, 1973.
2. Anderson, D. N., D. T. Decker, and C. E. Valladares, Global Theoretical Ionospheric Model (GTIM), in STEP Hand Book, edited by R. W. Schunk, pp. 133-152, Utah State Univ., Logan, 1996.
3. Balan, N., and G. J. Bailey, Modeling studies of the equatorial plasma fountain and equatorial anomaly, Adv. Space Res., 18(3), 107-116, 1996.
4. Brace, L. H., and R. F. Theis, Global empirical models of ionospheric electron temperatures in the upper F-region and plasmasphere based on in situ measurements for the Atmospheric Explorer-C, ISIS-1 and ISIS-2 satellites, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 43, 1317-1343, 1981.
5. Deshpande, M. R., R. G. Rastogi, H. O. Vats, J. A. Klobuchar, and G. Sethia, Effect of the electrojet on the total electron content over the Indian subcontinent, Nature, 267, 599-600, 1977.
6. Duncan, R. A., The equatorial F-region of the ionosphere, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 18, 89-100, 1960.
7. Evans, J. V., and J. M. Holt, The combined use of satellite differential doppler and ground-based measurements for ionospheric studies, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., AP-21, 685-692, 1973.
8. Fejer, B. G., The equatorial ionospheric electric fields, a review, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 43, 377-386, 1981.
9. Hanson, W. B., and R. J. Moffett, Ionization transport effects in the equatorial F region, J. Geophys. Res., 71 (23), 5559-5572, 1966.
10. International Association of Geodesy, International GPS Service for Geodynamics, Cent. Bur., Jet Propul. Lab., Pasadena, Calif., 1995.
11. Imel, D. A., Evaluation of the TOPEX/POSEIDON dual-frequency ionosphere correction, J. Geophys. Res., 99 (C12), 24,895-24,906, 1994.
12. Kersley, L., J. A. T. Heaton, S. E. Pryse, and T. D. Raymund, Experimental ionospheric tomography with ionosonde input and EISCAT verification, Ann. Geophys., 11, 1064-1074, 1993.
13. Klobuchar, J. A.., D. N. Anderson, and P. H. Doherty, Model studies of the latitudinal extent of the equatorial anomaly during equinoctial conditions, Radio Sci., 26 (4), 1025-1047, 1991.
14. Leitinger, R., G. Schmidt, and A. Tauriainen, An evaluation method combining the differential doppler measurements from two stations that enables the calculation of the electron content of the ionosphere, J. Geophys., 41, 201-213, 1975.
15. Martyn, D. F., Theory of height and ionization density changes at the maximum of a chapman-like region, taking account of ion production, decay, diffusion, and tidal drift, in Proceedings of Cambridge Conference, pp. 254-259, Phys. Soc., London, 1955.
16. Newton, R. R., The Navy Navigation Satellite System, Space Res., 7, 735-763, 1967.
17. Pakula, W. A., P. F. Fougere, J. A. Klobuchar, H. J. Kuenzler, M. J. Buonsanto, J. M. Roth, J. C. Foster, and R. E. Sheehan, Tomographic reconstruction of the ionosphere over North America with comparisons to ground-based radar, Radio Sci., 30 (1), 89-103, 1995.
18. Pingree, J. E., and B. G. Fejer, On the height variation of the equatorial F-region vertical plasma drifts, J. Geophys. Res., 92 (A5), 4763-4766, 1987.
19. Preble, A. J., D. N. Anderson, B. G. Fejer, and P. H. Doherty, Comparison between calculated and observed F-region electron density profiles at Jicamarca, Peru, Radio Sci., 29 (4), 857-866, 1994.
20. 2 layer anomaly belt, J. Geophys. Res., 95 (A11), 19,045-19,052, 1990.
21. Rush, C. M., and A. D. Richmond, The relationship between the structure of the equatorial anomaly and the strength of the equatorial electrojet, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 35, 1171-1180, 1973.
22. 2 region, Radio Sci., 4, 1005-1023, 1969.
23. Strobel, D. F., and M. B. McElroy, The F2-layer at midlatitudes, Planet. Space Sci., 18, 1181-1202, 1970.
24. Su, Y. Z., K. I. Oyama, G. J. Bailey, T. Takahashi, and S. Watanabe, Comparison of satellite electron density and temperature measurements at low latitudes with a plasmasphere-ionosphere model, J. Geophys. Res., 100 (A8), 14,591-14,604, 1995.
25. Tsedilina, E. E., O. V. Weitsman, and H. Soicher, Time delay of transionospheric radio signals in a horizontally inhomogeneous ionosphere, Radio Sci., 29 (3), 625-630, 1994.
26. Whalen, J. A., The equatorial F layer: +/- 30° DIPLAT profiles for a continuous 30 day period (abstract), Eos Trans AGU, 74 (43), Fall Meet. Suppl., 457, 1993.
27. Whalen, J. A., Mapping a bubble at dip equator and anomaly with oblique ionospheric soundings of range spread F″, J. Geophys. Res., 101(A3), 5185-5193, 1996.
28. Wright, J. W., Vertical cross sections of the ionosphere across the geomagnetic equator, NBS Tech. Note 138, U.S. Dept. of Commer., Washington, D. C., 1962.