The IGS VTEC maps: A reliable source of ionospheric information since 1998

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 263-275

  Hernández Pajares, Manuel ^a   Juan, J M ^a   Sanz, J ^a   Orus, R ^b   Garcia Rigo, A ^a   Feltens, J ^c   Komjathy, A ^d   Schaer, S C ^e   Krankowski, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c ESA ESOC   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Swisstopo   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

GNSS; GPS; IGS; Ionospheric VTEC maps

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITY; GNSS; GPS; IONOSPHERE; MAP;

EID: 61349128582     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-008-0266-1     Document Type: Article

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