Geometrical control of scintillation indices: What happens for GPS satellites

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Forte, B ^a   Radicella, S M ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

GPS satellites; Scintillation; Weak scatter theory

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMETRICAL CONTROL; GPS SATELLITES; WEAK SCATTER THEORY;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 10944242463     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002RS002852     Document Type: Article

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