TIME-IGGCAS model validation: Comparisons with empirical models and observations

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-322

  Yue, XinAn ^a,b,c   Wan, WeiXing ^a   Liu, LiBo ^a   Ning, BaiQi ^a   Zhao, BiQiang ^a   Zhang, ManLian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Empirical model; Ionosphere; Relative deviation; Satellite observation; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ION TEMPERATURES; IONOSPHERIC MODELS; RELATIVE DEVIATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATION;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 38949143729     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-008-0026-8     Document Type: Article

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