GPS L-band scintillations and ionospheric irregularity zonal drifts inferred at equatorial and low-latitude regions

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1261-1272

  Muella, M T A H ^a   de Paula, E R ^a   Kantor, I J ^a   Batista, I S ^a   Sobral, J H A ^a   Abdu, M A ^a   Kintner, P M ^b   Groves, K M ^c   Smorigo, P F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equatorial ionosphere; Instruments and techniques; Ionospheric irregularities; Ionospheric physics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LUMINESCENCE; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SCINTILLATION;

(R ,S)-CONJUGATE; ELSEVIER (CO); EQUATORIAL ANOMALY (EA); EVOLUTION (CO); F REGION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) RECEIVERS; GROUND-BASED; LATITUDE (CO); LOCAL TIME; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 46149087261     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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