Ionospheric effects upon a satellite navigation system at Mars

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Mendillo, Michael ^a   Pi, Xiaoqing ^b   Smith, Steven ^a   Martinis, Carlos ^a   Wilson, Jody ^a   Hinson, David ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Mars; Satellite navigation

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; NAVIGATION; SATELLITES; SPACE RESEARCH;

BEACON FREQUENCIES; IONOSPHERIC PHYSICS; PEAK DENSITY; RAY PATHS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 18244428609     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003rs002933     Document Type: Review

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