Comparing topside and bottomside-measured characteristics of the F2 layer peak

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 974-983

  Nsumei, Patrick A ^a   Reinisch, Bodo W ^a   Huang, Xueqin ^a   Bilitza, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digisonde; F2 layer profiles; ISIS 2; Scale height; Vary Chap profile

Indexed keywords

SPACE RESEARCH;

DIGISONDES; F2 LAYER; ISIS-2; SCALE HEIGHT; VARY-CHAP PROFILE;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77957913056     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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