Profiling of ionospheric electron density based on formosat-3/COSMIC Data: Results from the intense observation period experiment

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-191

  Tsai, Lung Chih ^a   Liu, Chao Han ^b   Hsiao, Tung Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abel inversion; Electron density; Formosat 3 cosmic; Ionosphere; Radio occultation; Total electron content (TEC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 67649643309     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2007.12.19.01(F3C)     Document Type: Article

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