Improving the real-time ionospheric determination from GPS sites at very long distances over the equator

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A10, 2002, Pages

  Hernandez Pajares M ^a   Juan, J ^a   Sanz, J ^a   Colombo, O L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA Goddard Space Flight Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Instruments and techniques; Ionospheric propagation; Modeling and forecasting; Space geodetic surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005159172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JA009203     Document Type: Article

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