Climatology of GPS ionospheric scintillations over high and mid-latitude European regions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3429-3437

  Spogli, L ^a   Alfonsi, L ^a   De Franceschi, G ^a   Romano, V ^a,b   Aquino, M H O ^b   Dodson, A ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Engineering Surveying and Space Geodesy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities); Magnetospheric physics (Polar cap phenomena); Radio science (Space and satellite communication)

Indexed keywords

AURORA; CLIMATOLOGY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; MAGNETOSPHERE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 73149105730     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-3429-2009     Document Type: Article

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