Evaluation of the performance of the real-time updated simplified ionospheric regional model for the European area

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 12 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1137-1146

  Tsagouri, Ioanna ^a   Zolesi, Bruno ^b   Belehaki, Anna ^a   Cander, Ljiljana R ^c  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionospheric mapping; Ionospheric modelling; Ionospheric radio propagation; Mid latitude ionosphere

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION LINKS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

IONOSPHERIC MAPPING; IONOSPHERIC MODELLING; IONOSPHERIC RADIO-PROPAGATION; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; REAL-TIME UPDATING METHOD; SIMPLIFIED IONOSPHERIC REGIONAL MODEL;

IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 23844536276     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.01.012     Document Type: Article

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