Total electron content - A key parameter in propagation: Measurement and use in ionospheric imaging

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 1067-1091

  Kersley, Leonard ^a   Malan, Daniel ^a   Pryse, S Eleri ^a   Cander, Ljiljana R ^b   Bamford, Ruth A ^b   Belehaki, Anna ^c   Leitinger, Reinhart ^d   Radicella, Sandro M ^e   Mitchell, Cathryn N ^f   Spencer, Paul S J ^f  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; IONOSPHERE;

EID: 8844257398     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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