Kalman filter-based algorithms for monitoring the ionosphere and plasmasphere with GPS in near-real time

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-174

  Anghel, Adela ^a   Carrano, Charles ^b   Komjathy, Attila ^c   Astilean, Adina ^d   Letia, Tiberiu ^d  

^a University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Ionosphere; Kalman filter; Plasmasphere

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; COVARIANCE MATRIX; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; KALMAN FILTERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPACE RESEARCH;

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; PLASMASPHERE; REAL TIME MONITORING; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 58149216330     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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