GPS scintillation over the European Arctic during the November 2004 storms

GPS Solutions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-287

  Meggs, Robert W ^a   Mitchell, Cathryn N ^a   Honary, Farideh ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GPS; Ionosphere; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RELIABILITY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SCINTILLATION; STORMS;

AMPLITUDE SCINTILLATION; AURORAL LATITUDES; CARRIER TRACKING; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELEVATION DATA; EUROPEAN; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVERS; GPS; GPS RECEIVERS; GPS SIGNALS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATIONS; LOCK-IN; LOCK-ON; LOOP BAND WIDTH; LOSS OF LOCK; MULTI-PATH EFFECTS; PHASE FLUCTUATIONS; RADIO SIGNALS; SAFETY OF LIFE; SCANDINAVIA; SMALL-SCALE IRREGULARITIES;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

AMPLITUDE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ELECTRON DENSITY; ELEVATION; GPS; IONOSPHERE;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 49649089293     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-008-0090-3     Document Type: Article

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