Comparison of satellite measurements of the low-latitude nighttime upper ionosphere with IRI

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2107-2118

  Kim, Heejun ^a   Min, Kyoungwook ^a   Park, Jaeheung ^a   Lee, Jaejin ^b   Lee, Ensang ^b   Kil, Hyosub ^c   Kim, Vitaly P ^d   Park, Sunmie ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; IRI model; Plasma temperature and density; Seasonal and longitudinal variation; Solar activity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; SOLAR RADIATION;

INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE (IRI) MODEL; LONGITUDINAL VARIATION; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

IONOSPHERE;

IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33751169799     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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