GPS occultation sensor observations of ionospheric scintillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Straus, P R ^a   Anderson, P C ^a   Danaher, J E ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DSP Max Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; RADIO WAVES; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; GROUND-BASED MONITORING; IONOSPHERIC OCCULTATIONS; LOCAL TIME; OCCULTATION MEASUREMENTS; OCCULTATION SENSORS; PICOSAT; SCINTILLATION INDEX;

GEOPHYSICS; SCINTILLATION;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 0041382837     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016503     Document Type: Article

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