Radio tomographic imaging as an aid to modeling of ionospheric electron density

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Dabas, R S ^a,b   Kersley, L ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION EFFECTS; TOMOGRAPHY;

IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON DENSITY; RADIO TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0042385027     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001RS002514     Document Type: Article

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