Large magnetic storm-induced nighttime ionospheric flows at midlatitudes and their impacts on GPS-based navigation systems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Basu, Su ^a   Basu, S ^b   Makela, J J ^c   MacKenzie, E ^b   Doherty, P ^b   Wright, J W ^d   Rich, F ^e,f   Keskinen, M J ^g   Sheehan, R E ^b   Coster, A J ^h  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^d University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^g NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77951976141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013076     Document Type: Article

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