A new version of the NeQuick ionosphere electron density model

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1856-1862

  Nava, B ^a   Coisson P ^a   Radicella, S M ^a  

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

Author keywords

F region; Ionospheric modeling; Topside region; Total electron content

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTH SCIENCES; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; F REGION; INTEGRATION; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AUSTRIA; COMPUTER PACKAGES; ELECTRON CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; GLOBAL SCALES; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERIC MODELING; MODEL DEVELOPMENTS; MODEL FORMULATIONS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; TIME DEPENDENTS; TOPSIDE REGION; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENTS; TRIESTE; UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ; VALIDATION TESTS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 56249124643     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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