The global ionospheric asymmetry in total electron content

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1377-1387

  Mendillo, Michael ^a   Huang, Chia Lin ^a   Pi, Xiaoqing ^b   Rishbeth, Henry ^a,c   Meier, Robert ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Ionospheric anomalies; Ionospheric total electron content; Thermospheric composition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRONS; F REGION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

IONOSPHERIC ANOMALIES; IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; THERMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

IONOSPHERE;

ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 27144508748     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.06.021     Document Type: Article

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