Data assimilation of ground GPS total electron content into a physics-based ionospheric model by use of the Kalman filter

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 243-259

  Hajj, G A ^a,b   Wilson, B D ^a   Wang, C ^b   Pi, X ^a,b   Rosen, I G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Forecast; Ionosphere; Kalman filter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DATA REDUCTION; IONOSPHERE; KALMAN FILTERING; MAGNETOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; GLOBAL IONOSPHERIC MAPS (GIM); NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP); TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 1942506672     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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