Quiet-condition hmF2, NmF2, and B0 variations at Jicamarca and comparison with IRI-2001during solar maximum

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2138-2146

  Lee, Chien Chih ^a   Reinisch, Bodo W ^b  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric dynamics; Modeling and forecasting

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

IONOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ELECTRON DENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; IONOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33751187551     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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