Seasonal modulation of GPS performance due to equatorial scintillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Thomas, R M ^a   Cervera, M A ^a   Ramli, A Ghaffar ^b   Effendy, A ^c   Totarong, P ^d   Groves, K M ^e   Wilkinson, P J ^f  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Defence   (Malaysia)

^c National Institute of Aeronautics and Space   (Indonesia)

^d Military Research and Development Centre   (Thailand)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

2415 Ionosphere: Equatorial ionosphere; 2439 Ionosphere: Ionospheric irregularities; 6979 Radio science: Space and satellite communication

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; IONOSPHERE; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

IONOPSHERIC SCINTILLATION MONITORS (ISM); LOCK TIME;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 10644221963     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020581     Document Type: Article

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