Equatorial F-layer heights, evening prereversal electric field, and night E-layer density in the American sector: IRI validation with observations

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1953-1965

  Abdu, M A ^a   Batista, I S ^a   Reinisch, B W ^b   Carrasco, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; F layer; IRI; Variability

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

E-LAYER DENSITY; EVENING PREREVERSAL; F-LAYER HEIGHTS; F-LAYER PARAMETERS;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 9644277103     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.04.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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