Understanding spaced-receiver zonal velocity estimation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A10, 2004, Pages

  Ledvina, B M ^a   Kintner, P M ^a   De Paula, E R ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; GPS; Scintillations; Spaced receivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444451664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JA010489     Document Type: Article

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