Statistical study of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances observed with the GPS networks in Southern California

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-102

  Kotake, Nobuki ^a   Otsuka, Yuichi ^a   Ogawa, Tadahiko ^a   Tsugawa, Takuya ^b   Saito, Akinori ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPS; Mid latitude ionosphere; MSTID; Total electron contents

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; GPS; GRAVITY WAVE; IONOSPHERE; POLARIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247226633     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352681     Document Type: Article

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