Enhanced E-layer ionization in the auroral zones observed by radio occultation measurements onboard CHAMP and Formosat-3/COSMIC

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1207-1212

  Mayer, C ^a   Jakowski, N ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques; Ionosphere; Ionospheric physics; Polar ionosphere; Radio science

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AURORA; E REGION; ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; POLAR METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR CYCLE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 72649091609     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1207-2009     Document Type: Article

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