A near real-time phenomenological model of ionospheric electron density based on GPS radio occultation data

Radio Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Tsai, L C ^b   Liu, C H ^b,c   Hsiao, T Y ^a   Huang, J Y ^b  

^a HSING WU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; EQUATORIAL ANOMALY; FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; LAYER PARAMETERS; NEAR-EARTH SPACES; PEAK DENSITY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIO OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIO OCCULTATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; D REGION; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; TIDES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 76149116591     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009RS004154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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