Radio tomographic imaging of the northern high-latitude ionosphere on a wide geographic scale

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Kersley, L ^a   Pryse, S E ^a   Denton, M H ^a,b   Bust, G ^c   Fremouw, E ^d   Secan, J ^d   Jakowski, N ^e   Bailey, G J ^f  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; RADIO SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONVECTION PATTERNS; THERMOSPHERE; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 23744493330     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003103     Document Type: Article

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