East-West Coast differences in total electron content over the continental US

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Shun Rong ^a   Foster, John C ^a   Coster, Anthea J ^a   Erickson, Philip J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL US; CRITICAL INFORMATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; EAST COAST; GEOSPACE; GLOBAL SCALE; GPS RECEIVERS; LONGITUDINAL VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MIDLATITUDES; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRON; GPS; IONOSPHERE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; ZONAL WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053985490     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049116     Document Type: Article

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