Evaluation of solar radio bursts' effect on GPS receiver signal tracking within International GPS Service network

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Chen, Zhiyu ^a   Gao, Yang ^a   Liu, Zhizhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL THEORY;

FLUX DENSITY; SIGNAL TRACKING; SOLAR RADIO BURSTS (SRB); SUBSOLAR POINTS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 23844432077     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003066     Document Type: Article

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