Reconstruction of a three-dimensional ionosphere from backscatter and vertical ionograms measured by over-the-horizon radar

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1159-1171

  Fridman, S V ^a  

^a MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; BACKSCATTERING; GRAPHIC METHODS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADAR; RADAR CLUTTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BACKSCATTER IONOGRAM; CONSTANT ALTITUDE; NONLINEAR OPERATOR EQUATIONS; OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR; PLASMA FREQUENCIES; REAL TIME MONITORING; REGULARIZATION TECHNIQUE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BACKSCATTER IONOGRAMS; NEWTON-KONTOROVICH METHOD; OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR (OTHR); TIKHONOV'S REGULARIZATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032119476     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS00477     Document Type: Article

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