Ionospheric specification and forecasting based on observations from European ionosondes participating in DIAS project

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 398-409

  Belehaki, Anna ^a   Cander, Ljiljana ^b   Zolesi, Bruno ^c   Bremer, Juergen ^d   Juren, Christer ^e   Stanisławska, Iwona ^f   Dialetis, Dimitris ^g   Hatzopoulos, Michael ^g  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^f Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

DIAS project; Digisondes; HF communications; Ionosondes; Ionospheric propagation; Ionospheric specification; Oonospheric forecasting

Indexed keywords

DIGISONDES; IONOSONDES; IONOSPHERIC SPECIFICATION;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; IONOSPHERIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY;

IONOSPHERE;

DIGITIZATION; FORECASTING METHOD; IONOSPHERE; NOWCASTING; PREDICTION; REAL TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34447293791     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-007-0010-x     Document Type: Article

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