Ionospheric effects on GPS positioning

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2478-2484

  Dubey, Smita ^a   Wahi, Rashmi ^a   Gwal, A K ^a  

^a BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

GPS; Ionospheric scintillation; Irregularities

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA REDUCTION; IONOSPHERE; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SATELLITES; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

AUTOMATED NAVIGATION AND PRECISION POSITIONING; IRREGULARITIES; LARGE AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; LOW LATITUDE SCINTILLATIONS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 33750968167     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.030     Document Type: Article

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