Amplitude variations in GPS signals as a possible indicator of ionospheric structures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Wickert, J ^a   Pavelyev, A G ^b   Liou, Y A ^c   Schmidt, T ^a   Reigber, C ^a   Igarashi, K ^d   Pavelyev, A A ^b   Matyugov, S ^b  

^a GeoForschungsZentrum ^*  (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d National Institute of Information and Communications Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

0933 Exploration geophysics: Remote sensing; 2435 Ionosphere: Ionospheric disturbances; 6934 Radio science: Ionospheric propagation (2487); 6964 Radio science: Radio wave propagation; 6979 Radio science: Space and satellite communication

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLAR ENERGY;

IMPULSIVE FLUCTUATIONS; IONOSPHERIC STRUCTURES; PLASMA GRADIENTS; RADIO OCCULTATION (RO); SIGNAL TRAJECTORIES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 14544270502     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020607     Document Type: Article

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