A global model of the ionospheric F2 peak height based on EOF analysis

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3203-3212

  Zhang, M L ^a   Liu, C ^a   Wan, W ^a   Liu, L ^a   Ning, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere Midlatitude ionosphere Modelling and forecasting)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DATA SET; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; DIURNAL VARIATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE;

EID: 73149113734     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3203-2009     Document Type: Article

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