Global plasmaspheric TEC and its relative contribution to GPS TEC

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1541-1548

  Yizengaw, E ^a   Moldwin, M B ^a   Galvan, D ^a   Iijima, B A ^b   Komjathy, A ^b   Mannucci, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS TEC; Ionosphere; Plasmasphere; Top side ionosphere

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ESTIMATION; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELLITE (GPS) RECEIVERS; GROUND-BASED; HIGH LATITUDE REGIONS; JASON 1; LATITUDE (CO); PLASMA SPHERES; POSITIONING SYSTEMS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR CYCLES; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC);

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 48049116404     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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