Development of a regional GPS-based ionospheric TEC model for South Africa

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 808-815

  Opperman, Ben D L ^a,b   Cilliers, Pierre J ^a   McKinnell, Lee Anne ^a,b   Haggard, Ray ^b  

^a HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ionospheric TEC mapping; Spherical harmonic analysis; Total electron content

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

IONOSPHERIC TEC MAPPING; SPHERICAL HARMONIC ANALYSIS; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 34248566797     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.026     Document Type: Article

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