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topside sounder

topside sounder

[′täp‚sīd ¦sau̇n·dər]
(aerospace engineering)
A satellite designed to measure ion concentration in the ionosphere from above the ionosphere.
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The ionospheric topside electron density profile can be obtained from topside sounder measurements or by theorematic models.
Variations of scale height at F-region peak based on ionosonde measurements during solar maximum over the crest of equatorial ionization anomaly region
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