A new method for reconstruction of the vertical electron density distribution in the upper ionosphere and plasmasphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Stankov, Stanimir M ^a   Jakowski, Norbert ^a   Heise, Stefan ^a   Muhtarov, Plamen ^b   Kutiev, Ivan ^b   Warnant, Rene ^c,d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^d Observatory of Belgium (ROB)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electron profile; GPS; Ionosonde; Reconstruction technique; TEC; Transition level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905331090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009570     Document Type: Article

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