Global validation of IRI TEC for high and medium solar activity conditions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 770-775

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

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

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; High latitude ionosphere; Ionospheric modeling; Mid latitude ionosphere; Topside region

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERE; HIGH-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; TOPSIDE REGION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 44849111862     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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