Ionospheric peak height behavior for low, middle and high latitudes: A potential empirical model for quiet conditions-Comparison with the IRI-2007 model

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1810-1817

  Magdaleno, S ^a   Altadill, D ^b   Herraiz, M ^c,d   Blanch, E ^b   de la Morena, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

F2 layer; HmF2; Ionosphere; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; F2-LAYER; HIGH LATITUDES; HMF2; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERES; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; LOW LATITUDES; MIDLATITUDES; PEAK HEIGHT; PRELIMINARY MODEL; SOLAR ACTIVITY LEVEL;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

FORECASTING;

EID: 79961025903     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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