Observing the north polar ionosphere on 30 October 2003 by GPS imaging and IS radars

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-113

  Stolle, C ^a   Lilensten, J ^b   Schluter S ^c   Jacobi, Ch ^d   Rietveld, M ^e   Luhr H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e EISCAT   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; IMAGING METHOD; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA;

EID: 33751090076     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-107-2006     Document Type: Article

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