An asymmetry correction method for ionospheric radio occultation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Xiaocheng ^a,b   Hu, Xiong ^a   Gong, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Zhang, Xunxie ^c   Wang, Xin ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

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EID: 67649114405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013025     Document Type: Article

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