Development of a physics-based reduced state Kalman filter for the ionosphere

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 231-242

  Scherliess, L ^a   Schunk, R W ^a   Sojka, J J ^a   Thompson, D C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ionosphere; Kalman filter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GLOBAL NEUTRAL WINDS; PLASMASPHERES; VERTICAL PLASMA DRIFTS;

KALMAN FILTERING;

EID: 1942442434     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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