Ionospheric electron content anomalies detected by a FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC empirical model before and after the Wenchuan Earthquake

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3571-3578

  Kakinami, Yoshihiro ^a   Liu, Jann Yeng ^a   Tsai, Lung Chih ^a   Oyama, Ko Ichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

EARTHQUAKE ANOMALIES; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EPICENTRE; FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; LOCAL TIME; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; ELECTRON DENSITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

EID: 77954847418     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161003727788     Document Type: Article

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