Statistics of GPS ionospheric scintillation and irregularities over polar regions at solar minimum

GPS Solutions

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-341

  Li, Guozhu ^a   Ning, Baiqi ^a   Ren, Zhipeng ^a   Hu, Lianhuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

GPS; IMF; Ionospheric scintillation; Polar latitude irregularity

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE SCINTILLATION; EAST ANTARCTICA; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; GPS; IMF; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; MAGNETIC LOCAL TIME; PHASE SCINTILLATIONS; POLAR LATITUDE; POLAR REGIONS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SOLAR MINIMA; STATISTICAL STUDY; SVALBARD;

GEOMAGNETISM; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SCINTILLATION;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GPS; IMF; IONOSPHERE; POLAR REGION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LARSEMANN HILLS;

EID: 77956262415     PISSN: 10805370     EISSN: 15211886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10291-009-0156-x     Document Type: Article

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