Space weather and the global positioning system

Space Weather

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Coster, Anthea ^a   Komjathy, Attila ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 61349193287     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008sw000400     Document Type: Article

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