GPS slant total electron content accuracy using the single layer model under different geomagnetic regions and ionospheric conditions

Journal of Geodesy

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 293-304

  Brunini, C ^a,b   Azpilicueta, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GPS; Inter frequency biases (IFB); Slant total electron content (sTEC); sTEC calibration

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; GEOMAGNETIC STORM; GPS; IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POSITIONING; PRECISION; SAMPLING BIAS;

EID: 77952420842     PISSN: 09497714     EISSN: 14321394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00190-010-0367-5     Document Type: Article

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