Validation of GPS ionospheric radio occultation results onboard CHAMP by vertical sounding observations in Europe

Earth Observation with CHAMP: Results from Three Years in Orbit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 447-452

  Jakowski, Norbert ^a   Tsybulyal, Konstantin ^a   Mielich, Jens ^b   Belehaki, Anna ^c   Altadill, David ^d   Jodogne, Jean Claude ^e   Zolesi, Bruno ^f  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d CSIC URL Observatorio de Fisica Cosmica del Ebro OE   (Spain)

^e ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

electron density; ionosonde; Ionosphere; radio occultation; validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044444961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26800-6_70     Document Type: Chapter

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