Sounding of the topside ionosphere/plasmasphere based on GPS measurements from CHAMP: Initial results

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Heise, S ^a   Jakowski, N ^a   Wehrenpfennig, A ^a   Reigber, Ch ^b   Luhr H ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; ORBITS; RADIO NAVIGATION;

ASSIMILATION ALGORITHMS; DENSITY ESTIMATION; GPS MEASUREMENTS; GPS RADIO OCCULTATIONS; IONIZATION STATE; SATELLITE TRACKS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONS; TOP-SIDE IONOSPHERE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0346037237     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014738     Document Type: Article

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