GPS TEC and ionosonde TEC over Grahamstown, South Africa: First comparisons

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 816-820

  McKinnell, Lee Anne ^a,b   Opperman, Ben ^a,b   Cilliers, Pierre J ^a  

^a HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GPS; Ionosonde; Ionosphere; Plasmasphere; TEC

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; SATELLITES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPACE RESEARCH;

FIELD STATIONS; IONOSONDE; PLASMASPHERE; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 34248582267     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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