Combined Space and Ground Based Tomography
Abstract
The long term goal of this research is to accurately specify the ionospheric electron number density throughout a large spatial region, continuously in time. In addition, a second long term goal is to combine this high resolution regional specification with a lower resolution global specification to provide to the application and scientific community a continually updated global ionospheric specification with (several) high resolution regional specifications. The primary scientific objective of this research is to develop a prototype algorithm for combining several types of ionospheric remote sensing data sources. These data sources will be made up of both ground and spaced-based sensing methods. The algorithm will take the multiple data sources as input, and will output three dimensional (3D) specifications of the ionosphere at regular time intervals (default = 30 min.). The secondary objective of this research is to investigate and characterize the accuracy of the specified ionosphere by comparing it with independent measures of the ionosphere.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA552089
Entities
People
- Gary S. Bust
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin