Day-to-day variability of the IRI electron density height profile

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1869-1877

  Bradley, P A ^a   Kouris, S S ^b   Stanislawska, I ^c   Fotiadis, D N ^b   Juchnikowski, G ^c  

^a Pandora   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

Author keywords

Correlation analyses; Idealised model height dependence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CORRELATION METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SPACE RESEARCH;

CORRELATION ANALYSES; EPOCH MEASUREMENTS; IDEALIZED MODEL HEIGHT DEPENDENCE; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE (IRI);

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 9644295977     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.05.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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