Error analysis of abel retrieved electron density profiles from radio occultation measurements

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Yue, X ^a,c   Schreiner, W S ^a   Lei, J ^b   Sokolovskiy, S V ^a   Rocken, C ^a   Hunt, D C ^a   Kuo, Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Equatorial ionosphere; Instruments and techniques); Radio science (Space and satellite communication)

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ELECTRON DENSITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; SIMULATION;

EID: 76149123556     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-217-2010     Document Type: Article

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