A study into the errors in vertical total electron content mapping using GPS data

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Meggs, R W ^a   Mitchell, C N ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRON BEAMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE;

INVERSION ALGORITHM; MULTI-INSTRUMENT DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM (MIDAS); TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646014483     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003308     Document Type: Article

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