Three dimensional model constrained inversion method for ionospheric occultation

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 618-625

  Wu, Xiao Cheng ^a,b,c   Hu, Xiong ^a   Gong, Xiao Yan ^a,c   Zhang, Xun Jie ^b  

^a CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

COSMIC; Electron density; Ionosphere model; Ionospheric occultation; Three dimensional model constrained inversion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 49149090456     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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