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Total electron content obtained from ionogram data alone
Author(s) -
Ezquer R. G.,
Adler N. O.,
Radicella S. M.,
Gonzalez M. M.,
Manzano J. R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/91rs02634
Subject(s) - tec , ionogram , total electron content , polarimeter , ionosphere , electron density , electron , physics , ionosonde , content (measure theory) , point (geometry) , computational physics , geodesy , mathematics , remote sensing , atmospheric sciences , geology , geophysics , optics , polarimetry , mathematical analysis , geometry , scattering , nuclear physics
A method to obtain the total electron content (TEC) of the ionosphere over Tucumán (26.9° S; 65.4° W), from ionogram data alone, is reported. To accomplish this, two Chapman profile expressions for the electron density (n) distribution in the F region are assumed, and a characteristic point of the n profile, called F region base point, is required. This method allows the TEC for a given particular time (not average) to be obtained. The results suggest that it could be a new method to calibrate polarimeter records used to measure TEC, and it could also allow the determination of TEC at predawn hours where only ionosounder data are available.

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