First observations of intense GPS L1 amplitude scintillations at midlatitude

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Ledvina, B M ^a   Makela, J J ^a   Kintner, P M ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOSPHERE; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PLASMA DENSITY; RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLITUDE SCINTILLATION; COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; CORNELL UNIVERSITY; MAGNETIC LATITUDE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MID-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; SPACE WEATHER EFFECT; STEEP DENSITY GRADIENTS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0037101722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014770     Document Type: Article

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