A comparison of techniques for mapping total electron content over Europe using GPS signals

Radio Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 296-303

  Meggs, Robert W ^a   Mitchell, Cathryn N ^a   Spencer, Paul S J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GPS; Imaging; Inversion; Ionosphere; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERPOLATION; IONOSPHERE; MAPPING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOMOGRAPHY;

INVERSION; TOTAL ELECTRON CURRENTS (TEC);

RADIO ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1942442382     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002846     Document Type: Conference Paper

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