3-dimensional ionospheric electron density reconstruction based on GPS measurements

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1965-1970

  Stolle, C ^a   Schluter S ^b   Jacobi, Ch ^a   Jakowski, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; ITERATIVE METHODS; SATELLITES; TOMOGRAPHY;

FREE ELECTRONS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0043067985     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00168-6     Document Type: Article

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