Quiet and perturbed ionospheric representation according to the electron content from GPS signals

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A2, 2003, Pages

  Brunini, Claudio ^a   Van Zele, María Andrea ^b   Meza, Amalia ^a   Gende, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Global positioning system; GPS; Ionosphere; TEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444258000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009346     Document Type: Article

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