Topside Ionogram Scaler With True Height Algorithm (TOPIST): Automated processing of ISIS topside ionograms

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 446-452

  Bilitza, Dieter ^a,d   Huang, Xueqin ^b   Reinisch, Bodo W ^b   Benson, Robert F ^a   Hills, H Kent ^c   Schar, William B ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^d GSFC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionogram inversion; ISIS; TOPIST; Topside ionogram; Topside sounder

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA RECORDING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACECRAFT;

AUTOMATED PROCESSING; IONOGRAM;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 1942538391     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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