Plasmaspheric electron density reconstruction based on the topside sounder model profiler

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 420-431

  Kutiev, Ivan ^a   Marinov, Pencho ^b   Belehaki, Anna ^c   Jakowski, Norbert ^d   Reinisch, Bodo ^e   Mayer, Chris ^d   Tsagouri, Ioanna ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasmaspheric electron density; Topside sounder model

Indexed keywords

ANCHOR POINT; CORRECTION FACTORS; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; DENSITY PROFILE; DIGISONDES; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; PLASMASPHERIC ELECTRON DENSITY; DENSITY RECONSTRUCTION;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; F REGION;

ELECTRONS; ACOUSTIC DEVICES;

ELECTRON DENSITY; F REGION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; PLASMA;

EID: 77952426375     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-009-0051-4     Document Type: Article

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