Equatorial anomaly effects on GPS scintillations in Brazil

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 749-754

  de Paula, E R ^a   Rodrigues, F S ^a   Iyer, K N ^a,b   Kantor, I J ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Kintner, P M ^c   Ledvina, B M ^c   Kil, H ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; SCINTILLATION; STATISTICS;

MAGNETIC EQUATOR;

SPACE RESEARCH;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0038632043     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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