Near-real time foF2 predictions using neural networks

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1807-1818

  Oyeyemi, Elijah O ^a,b   McKinnell, L A ^a,b   Poole, A W V ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Ionospheric prediction; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IONOSPHERIC PREDICTION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR; TRAINING DATA SET;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION;

EID: 33750371835     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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