CASES: A smart, compact GPS software receiver for space weather monitoring

24th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation 2011, ION GNSS 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 2745-2753

  O'Hanlon, Brady W ^a   Psiaki, Mark L ^a   Powell, Steven ^a   Bhatti, Jahshan A ^b   Humphreys, Todd E ^b   Crowley, Geoff ^c   Bust, Gary S ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c ASTRA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOM HARDWARES; DATA BUFFERING; DUAL FREQUENCY; FRONT END; GPS RECEIVERS; IONOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; NARROW BANDS; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; ROBUST TRACKING; SIGNAL CONDITION; SOFTWARE RECEIVERS; SOFTWARE RUN; SPACE WEATHER; TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84861361028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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