About the potential of GPS radio occultation measurements for exploring the ionosphere

Earth Observation with CHAMP: Results from Three Years in Orbit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 441-446

  Jakowski, Norbert ^a   Tsybulyal, Konstantin ^a   Stankov, Stanimir M ^a   Wehrenpfennig, Andreas ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Hochschule Neubrandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron density; GPS; Ionosphere; radio occultation; total electron content

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444439527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26800-6_69     Document Type: Chapter

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