Wave structures in the electron density profile in the ionospheric D- and E-layers observed by radio holography analysis of the GPS/MET radio occultation data

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-70

  Pavelyev, A ^a,d   Tsuda, T ^b   Igarashi, K ^b   Liou, Y A ^c   Hocke, K ^b  

^a RASC   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MIREA RUSSIAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Ionosphere; Radio holography; Radio occultation; Refraction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; INTERNAL WAVE; IONOSPHERE; REFRACTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0037244931     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00226-2     Document Type: Article

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