On the relationship between the geometrical control of scintillation indices and the data detrending problems observed at high latitudes

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 699-706

  Forte, Biagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

GPS scintillation monitors; Ionospheric scintillation; Scintillation indices

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; IONOSPHERE; PLASMA; RADIO WAVE;

EID: 58649113391     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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