Prediction of global positioning system total electron content using Neural Networks over South Africa

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1842-1850

  Habarulema, John Bosco ^a,b,c   McKinnell, Lee Anne ^a,b   Cilliers, Pierre J ^a  

^a HERMANUS MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GPS; Ionosphere; Neural Networks; TEC

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; NEURAL NETWORKS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 35548976324     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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