GPS scintillation channel model for the disturbed low-latitude ionosphere

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Keskinen, M J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; IONOSPHERE; SCINTILLATION;

DECORRELATION LENGTH; DECORRELATION TIME; LOW-LATITUDE IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES; SCINTILLATION CHANNEL MODEL;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 33750163109     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003442     Document Type: Article

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