Performance evaluation of the particle swarm optimization algorithm to unambiguously estimate plasma parameters from incoherent scatter radar signals

Abstract Simultaneously estimating plasma parameters of the ionosphere presents a problem for the incoherent scatter radar (ISR) technique at altitudes between ~ 130 and ~ 300 km. Different mixtures of ion concentrations and temperatures generate almost identical backscattered signals, hindering the...

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Main Authors: Miguel Martínez-Ledesma, Francisco Jaramillo Montoya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01297-w