Measuring ionospheric scintillation in the equatorial region over Africa, including measurements from SBAS geostationary satellite signals

Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, ION GNSS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 316-324

  Van Dierendonck, A J ^a   Arbesser Rastburg, B ^b  

^a GPS Silicon Valley ^*  (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SIGNALS; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; OVEN CONTROLLED CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS (OCXO); SPACE BASED AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS (SBAS);

BROADCASTING; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SCINTILLATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 22144433695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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