An optical remote sensing technique for determining nighttime F region electron density

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1985-1996

  Dymond, K F ^a   Thonnard, S E ^a   McCoy, R P ^b   Thomas, R J ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; F REGION; GEOMAGNETISM; ITERATIVE METHODS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

DISCRETE INVERSE THEORY;

REMOTE SENSING; ITERATIVE METHODS;

ALTITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERES; ITERATIVE SCHEMES; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION;

EID: 0031236170     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS01887     Document Type: Article

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