Discrete inverse theory for 834-Å ionospheric remote sensing

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1973-1984

  Picone, J M ^a   Meier, R R ^a   Kelley, O A ^a,c   Melendez Alvira, D J ^a   Dymond, K F ^a   McCoy, R P ^a,d   Buonsanto, Michael J ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; F REGION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; RADAR; RANDOM ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; LIGHT EMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; REMOTE SENSING;

CONSTANT GRADIENTS; DENSITY PROFILE; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; IONOSPHERIC REMOTE SENSING; MEASUREMENTS OF; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

REMOTE SENSING; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISCRETE INVERSE THEORY (DIT);

EID: 0031232955     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS01028     Document Type: Article

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