Comparison of ion densities measured in the topside ionosphere at low latitudes and midlatitudes with calculations of ionospheric models over a full solar cycle

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1193-1204

  Rich, Frederick J ^a   Sultan, Peter J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SATELLITES; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR ENERGY;

INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE MODEL; ION DENSITY; IONOSPHERIC MODELS; PARAMETERIZED IONOSPHERIC MODEL;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERES; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; LOW LATITUDES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MIDLATITUDES; PARAMETERIZED; TOP-SIDE IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0034268856     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS002284     Document Type: Article

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