Comparison of ionospheric ionization measurements over Athens using ground ionosonde and GPS-derived TEC values

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Belehaki, Anna ^a   Jakowski, Norbert ^b   Reinisch, B W ^c  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONS; GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMAS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

GROUND IONOSONDE; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT; IONOSPHERIC IONIZATION MEASUREMENTS; IONOSPHERIC-PLASMASPHERIC IONIZATION EXCHANGE; PLASMASPHERE; RADIO SCIENCE;

IONIZING RADIATION;

EID: 0842268532     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003rs002868     Document Type: Article

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