Comparison of high latitude electron density profiles obtained with the GPS radio occultation technique and EISCAT measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2015-2022

  Stolle, C ^a   Jakowski, N ^b   Schlegel, K ^c   Rietveld, M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d EISCAT   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ionospheric (polar ionospheric, instruments and techniques); Radio science (remote sensing)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 3242876674     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-2015-2004     Document Type: Article

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