Effect of intense december 2006 solar radio bursts on GPS receivers

Space Weather

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Cerruti, Alessandro P ^a   Kintner Jr , Paul M ^a   Gary, Dale E ^d   Mannucci, Anthony J ^c,e   Meyer, Robert F ^c,e   Doherty, Patricia ^c   Coster, Anthea J ^b  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 70350082915     PISSN: 15427390     EISSN: 15427390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007SW000375     Document Type: Article

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