Tomographic reconstruction of the low-latitude nighttime electron density using FORMOSAT-3/COMSIC radio occultation and UV photometer data

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 215-226

  Dymond, Kenneth F ^a   Budzien, Scott A ^a   Chua, Damien H ^a   Coker, Clayton ^a   Liu, Jann Yenq ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Appelton anomaly; FORMOSAT 3 COSMIC; Ionosphere; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; DIEL VARIATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; PHOTOMETER; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 67649635091     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.15.01(F3C)     Document Type: Article

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