Climatology of GPS phase scintillation and HF radar backscatter for the high-latitude ionosphere under solar minimum conditions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 377-392

  Prikryl, P ^a   Jayachandran, P T ^b   Mushini, S C ^b   Chadwick, R ^b  

^a Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Instruments and techniques); Ionosphere (Ionospheric irregularities) Radio science (Space and satellite communication

Indexed keywords

AURORA; BACKSCATTER; CLIMATOLOGY; GPS; IONOSPHERE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 79952015736     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-377-2011     Document Type: Article

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