Regional and local ionospheric models based on Millstone Hill incoherent scatter radar data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Holt, John M ^a   Zhang, Shun Rong ^a   Buonsanto, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; GEOMAGNETISM; WORLD WIDE WEB;

GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; INCOHERENT SCATTER RADAR; ION TEMPERATURE; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; IONOSPHERIC VARIATIONS; LOCAL MODEL; REGIONAL MODEL; SEMIANNUAL VARIATION;

RADAR;

EID: 0037092330     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014678     Document Type: Article

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