Estimation of electron densities in the lower thermosphere from GUVI 135.6nm tomographic inversions in support of SpreadFEx

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2439-2448

  Kamalabadi, F ^a   Comberiate, J M ^b   Taylor, M J ^c   Pautet, P D ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THERMOSPHERE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 75149192171     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2439-2009     Document Type: Article

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