Determination of the vertical electron-density profile in ionospheric tomography: experimental results
The reconstruction of the vertical electron-density profile is a fundamental problem in ionospheric tomography. Lack of near-horizontal ray paths limits the information available on the vertical profile, so that the resultant image of electron density is biased in a horizontal sense. The vertical pr...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00037553 2023-05-15T16:04:42+02:00 Determination of the vertical electron-density profile in ionospheric tomography: experimental results Mitchell, C. N. Kersley, L. Heaton, J. A. T. Pryse, S. E. 1997-06 electronic https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-997-0747-1 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00037553 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00037507/angeo-15-747-1997.pdf https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/15/747/1997/angeo-15-747-1997.pdf eng eng Springer Verlag Annales Geophysicae -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?1458425 -- https://www.ann-geophys.net/ -- https://www.ann-geophys.net/volumes.html -- http://link.springer.com/journal/585 -- 1432-0576 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-997-0747-1 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00037553 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00037507/angeo-15-747-1997.pdf https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/15/747/1997/angeo-15-747-1997.pdf https://open-access.net/ uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 1997 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.1007/s00585-997-0747-1 2022-02-08T22:43:28Z The reconstruction of the vertical electron-density profile is a fundamental problem in ionospheric tomography. Lack of near-horizontal ray paths limits the information available on the vertical profile, so that the resultant image of electron density is biased in a horizontal sense. The vertical profile is of great importance as it affects the authenticity of the entire tomographic image. A new method is described whereby the vertical profile is selected using relative total-electron-content measurements. The new reconstruction process has been developed from modelling studies. A range of background ionospheres, representing many possible peak heights, scale heights and electron densities are formed from a Chapman profile on the bottomside with a range of topside profiles. The iterative reconstruction process is performed on all of these background ionospheres and a numerical selection criterion employed to select the final image. The resulting tomographic images show excellent agreement in electron density when compared with independent verification provided by the EISCAT radar. Article in Journal/Newspaper EISCAT Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA Annales Geophysicae 15 6 747 752 |
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The reconstruction of the vertical electron-density profile is a fundamental problem in ionospheric tomography. Lack of near-horizontal ray paths limits the information available on the vertical profile, so that the resultant image of electron density is biased in a horizontal sense. The vertical profile is of great importance as it affects the authenticity of the entire tomographic image. A new method is described whereby the vertical profile is selected using relative total-electron-content measurements. The new reconstruction process has been developed from modelling studies. A range of background ionospheres, representing many possible peak heights, scale heights and electron densities are formed from a Chapman profile on the bottomside with a range of topside profiles. The iterative reconstruction process is performed on all of these background ionospheres and a numerical selection criterion employed to select the final image. The resulting tomographic images show excellent agreement in electron density when compared with independent verification provided by the EISCAT radar. |
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Determination of the vertical electron-density profile in ionospheric tomography: experimental results |
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Determination of the vertical electron-density profile in ionospheric tomography: experimental results |
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Determination of the vertical electron-density profile in ionospheric tomography: experimental results |
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Determination of the vertical electron-density profile in ionospheric tomography: experimental results |
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