Use of total electron content data to analyze ionosphere electron density gradients

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1292-1297

  Nava, B ^a   Radicella, S M ^a   Leitinger, R ^b   Coisson P ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Mapping function errors; Mid latitude ionosphere; Total electron content

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE;

EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; MAPPING FUNCTION ERRORS; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENTS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 34250164240     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.01.041     Document Type: Article

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