Ingesting GPS-derived TEC data into the international reference ionosphere for single frequency radar altimeter ionospheric delay corrections

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 793-801

  Komjathy, A ^a,c   Langley, R B ^a   Bilitza, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

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EID: 0000346598     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(98)00100-8     Document Type: Article

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