Assimilation of radio occultation measurements into background ionospheric models

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 279-287

  Angling, M J ^a   Cannon, P S ^a,b  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ionosphere; Radio occultation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; TOMOGRAPHY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; RADIO OCCULTATION (RO);

RADIO ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1942442394     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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