Horizontal ionospheric electron density gradients observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC TIP: Spatial distributions and effects on VLF wave propagation at mid-latitudes

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 251-259

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

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Remote sensing; VLF wave propagation

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 67649659706     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.16.01(F3C)     Document Type: Article

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