Empirical models of Total Electron Content based on functional fitting over Taiwan during geomagnetic quiet condition

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3321-3333

  Kakinami, Y ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Liu, J Y ^a   Oyama, K I ^a   Yang, W H ^b   Abe, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Ionospheric disturbances); Radio science (Ionospheric physics)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMAGNETISM; GPS; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR ACTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 73149095599     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3321-2009     Document Type: Article

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