Modeling ionospheric foF2 by using empirical orthogonal function analysis

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1501-1515

  A, E ^a,b   Zhang, D H ^a,c   Xiao, Z ^a,c   Hao, Y Q ^a   Ridley, A J ^b   Moldwin, M ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Modeling and forecasting)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; INTERPOLATION; IONOSPHERE; SOLAR CYCLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 80052410547     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1501-2011     Document Type: Article

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