Very long baseline interferometry as a tool to probe the ionosphere

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Hobiger, T ^a,b   Kondo, T ^b   Schuh, H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONOSPHERE; PROBES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ELECTRON CONTENT; IONOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; IONOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY (VLBI);

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 33645977520     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003297     Document Type: Article

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