Ionospheric electron density profiles obtained with the Global Positioning System: Results from the GPS/MET experiment

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 175-190

  Hajj, George A ^a   Romans, Larry J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION; IONOSPHERE; ORBITS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOSONDES; TRACKING (POSITION);

ABEL INVERSION TECHNIQUE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON DENSITY; PARAMETERIZED IONOSPHERIC MODEL (PIM);

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR MEASUREMENTS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON DENSITIES; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; IONOSPHERIC STRUCTURES; LOW EARTH ORBITS; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS;

EID: 0031703631     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS03183     Document Type: Article

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