Equatorial bubbles as observed with GPS measurements over Pune, India

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  DasGupta, A ^a,b   Paul, A ^b   Ray, S ^a   Das, A ^a   Ananthakrishnan, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; IONOSPHERE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DUAL FREQUENCY; GPS RECEIVERS; MAGNETIC EQUATORS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 33845811134     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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