Validation of University of New Brunswick Ionospheric Modeling Technique with ionosonde TEC estimation over South Africa

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 725-735

  Moeketsi, D M ^a,b,c   McKinnell, L A ^b,c,d   Combrinck, W L ^b  

^a CSIR MERAKA INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b HARTEBEESTHOEK RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GNSS; GTEC; Ionogram; ITEC; Plasmaspheric electron content; Slab thickness; Solar cycle; UNB IMT

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIOSONDES; SOLAR ENERGY;

GNSS; GTEC; IONOGRAMS; ITEC; PLASMASPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT; SLAB THICKNESS; SOLAR CYCLE; UNB-IMT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 68149160372     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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