Equatorial ionospheric scintillations and zonal irregularity drifts observed with closely-spaced GPS receivers in Indonesia

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 343-351

  Otsuka, Yuichi ^a   Shiokawa, Kazuo ^a   Ogawa, Tadahiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; GPS; IONOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KOTOTABANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 33748440368     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84A.343     Document Type: Article

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