Studying the ionosphere with the global positioning system

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1695-1703

  Davies, K ^a,b   Hartmann, G K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; TIME DELAY; TRACKING (POSITION); SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TROPOSPHERE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES; IONOSPHERIC DELAYS; IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT MEASUREMENT; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY GEOSYNCHRONOUS BEACONS;

EID: 0031188325     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS00451     Document Type: Article

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