Ionospheric scintillation effects on GPS in the equatorial and auroral regions

Navigation, Journal of the Institute of Navigation

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-245

  Doherty, Patricia H ^a   Delay, Susan H ^a   Valladares, Cesar E ^a   Klobuchar, John A ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Innovative Solutions International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRONS; EXTRAPOLATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; MORPHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SCINTILLATION;

AURORAL REGIONS; DUAL-FREQUENCY RECEIVERS; GEOMAGNETIC STORMS; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 2442495243     PISSN: 00281522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-4296.2003.tb00332.x     Document Type: Article

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