JPL/USC GAIM: On the impact of using COSMIC and ground-based GPS measurements to estimate ionospheric parameters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Komjathy, Attila ^a   Wilson, Brian ^a   Pi, Xiaoqing ^a   Akopian, Vardan ^a   Dumett, Miguel ^a   Iijima, Byron ^a   Verkhoglyadova, Olga ^a   Mannucci, Anthony J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 76849095336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014420     Document Type: Article

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