IRI-2007 model overestimates electron density during the 23/24 solar minimum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Luhr H ^a   Xiong, C ^a,b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; FORECASTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; IONOSPHERE;

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ELECTRON DENSITIES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERES; LOCAL TIME; LOW LATITUDES; MODEL PREDICTION; SAMPLING HEIGHTS; SOLAR MINIMA;

ELECTRONS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL TEST; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 78649811430     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045430     Document Type: Article

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