Simultaneous observation of the vertical gradients of refractivity in the atmosphere and electron density in the lower ionosphere by radio occultation amplitude method

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Liou, Y A ^a   Pavelyev, A G ^a,b   Huang, C Y ^a   Igarashi, K ^c   Hocke, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^c National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CLOUDS; E REGION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

LOWER IONOSPHERE; NEGATIVE VALUES; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; SPACE WEATHER PHENOMENA; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

REFRACTION;

EID: 0036819744     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015155     Document Type: Article

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