Specification and forecasting of scintillations in communication/navigation links: Current status and future plans

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1745-1754

  Basu, S ^a   Groves, K M ^a   Basu, Su ^b   Sultan, P J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Irregularities; Polar and equatorial region; Scintillation; Specification and forecasting

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONOSPHERE; NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVE;

EID: 0036837004     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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