Rocket measurements of ionospheric electron density from Brazil in the last two decades

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1091-1096

  Muralikrishna, P ^a   Abdu, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron density profile; High frequency capacitance probe; Ionosphere (E and F regions); IRI Model profile; Langmuir probe; Plasma bubble

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SOUNDING ROCKETS; SPACE PROBES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIAGNOSTIC EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; HIGH FREQUENCY CAPACITANCE PROBES; IONOSPHERE (E AND F-REGIONS); IRI MODEL PROFILES; LANGMUIR PROBES; PLASMA BUBBLE;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 33646443226     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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