Estimation of total electron content using GPS data: How stable are the differential satellite and receiver instrumental biases?

Radio Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1899-1910

  Sardón, Esther ^a,b   Zarraoa, Néstor ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Grupo de Mecanica de Vuelo SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITES; TRACKING (POSITION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DIFFERENTIAL GPS; GLOBAL NETWORKS; IONOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; IONOSPHERIC STORM; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL CHANGES; REAL-TIME ESTIMATION; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ANTISPOOFING; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

EID: 0031235515     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS01457     Document Type: Article

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