Ionospheric total electron content and slab thickness determined in Australia

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1635-1643

  Breed, A M ^a   Goodwin, G L ^a   Vandenberg, A M ^a   Essex, E A ^b   Lynn, K J W ^c   Silby, J H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE MODEL; NAVY NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; PARAMETRIZED IONOSPHERIC MODEL; SATELLITE RECEPTION; ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERES; IONOSPHERIC MODEL; IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; LATITUDINAL VARIATION; MODEL PREDICTION; NAVIGATION-SATELLITE SYSTEMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; FORECASTING; GRAPHIC METHODS; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITES; TRACKING (POSITION);

IONOSPHERE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031185876     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00454     Document Type: Article

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