TEC derived from GPS network in India and comparison with the IRI

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 830-840

  Bhuyan, P K ^a   Borah, Rashmi Rekha ^a  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Equatorial and low latitude ionosphere; GPS; Ionosphere; IRI; Total electron content

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SPACE RESEARCH;

EQUATORIAL IONIZATION ANOMALY; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE IONOSPHERE (IRI); LOW LATITUDE IONOSPHERE; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 34248577037     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.042     Document Type: Article

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