Testing regional vertical total electron content maps over Europe during the 17-21 January 2005 sudden space weather event

Radio Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Orus, R ^a,c   Cander, L R ^b   Hernandez Pajares, M ^c  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FREQUENCIES; ELECTRON DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; F2 LAYER; GLOBAL IONOSPHERIC MAPS; KRIGING TECHNIQUE; RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORIES; SELF-CONSISTENCY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE WEATHER; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT UNITS; VERTICAL TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENTS;

SOLAR ENERGY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 61349133012     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006RS003515     Document Type: Article

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