Improvement of GPS/MET ionospheric profiling and validation using the Chung-Li ionosonde measurements and the IRI model

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 589-607

  Tsai, Lung Chih ^a   Tsai, Wei Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abel inversion; GPS MET; Ionospheric profiling; Radio occultation; Total electron content (TEC)

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 11144288244     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.4.589(A)     Document Type: Article

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