Latitudinal variations of TEC over Europe obtained from GPS observations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 405-415

  Wielgosz, P ^a,c   Baran, L W ^a   Shagimuratov, I I ^b   Aleshnikova, M V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (mid latitude ionosphere; ionospheric disturbances)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 1342310053     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-405-2004     Document Type: Article

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